This paper analyses wage formation in the Nordic countries at the regional level by the use of micro-data. Our results deviate systematically from the main conclusions drawn by Blanchflower and Oswald (1994). We find no stable negative relation between wages and unemployment across regions in...

This paper uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Yoth to examine the effect of smoking on wages and employment. The panel nature and household structure of these data enable us to implement methods to account for differences in observed and unobserved individual characteristics that...

This paper, examines the impact of the Accord between the Australian council of Trade Unions and teh Federal labour Government for the period 1983-1996.

In this paper, we provide evidence that the rate of return to schooling varies across individuals and this variation is responsible for much of the variation in the length of schooling.

We use longitudinal individual wage and employement data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of changes to real minimum wage on an individual's employment status.

Using individual data on compensation, matched with establishment and firm data on performance and inputs, we compare the French and American pay systems.

The aim of this paper is to analyse individuals' feelings of justice concerning their wages conducting a survey of opinions. First of all, we wonder if these feelins are due to fairness norms or if they reflect a mere desire to maximize their incomes. If we can identify these norms, we wonder in...

Estimates are produced for differences between the ceteris paribus earnings of union and non-union workers in the UK and the US over time.