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We summarize recent research on the wage and employment effects of minimum wage laws in the U.S. and infer from non-U.S. studies of hours laws the likely effects of unchanging U.S. hours laws. Minimum wages in the U.S. have increasingly become a province of state governments, with the effective...
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tariflich vereinbarter Arbeitszeit und geleistetem Überstundenvolumen zu beobachten, während in Großbritannien eine signifikant … nahe, dass gesetzliche oder tarifvertragliche Maßnahmen zur Reduktion der vereinbarten wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit in beiden …In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours …
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tariflich vereinbarter Arbeitszeit und geleistetem Überstundenvolumen zu beobachten, während in Großbritannien eine signifikant … nahe, dass gesetzliche oder tarifvertragliche Maßnahmen zur Reduktion der vereinbarten wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit in beiden …In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours …
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Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality differences among more educated individuals....
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Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … overtime compensation in the two countries in the 1990s. Our estimates reveal that the observed overtime patterns affect both … performance-related pay and unpaid overtime in Great Britain is an important factor in explaining the observed differences. With …
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Significant numbers of employees work more hours in the workplace than their contract stipulates. Such overtime work … can either be paid or unpaid. This research considers overtime working in Germany and the UK and shows that the … quantitative significance of both paid and unpaid overtime is greater in the UK. Empirical work is based on the UK Labour Force …
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Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … overtime compensation in the two countries in the 1990s. Our estimates reveal that the observed overtime patterns affect both … performance-related pay and unpaid overtime in Great Britain is an important factor in explaining the observed differences. With …
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Significant numbers of employees work more hours in the workplace than their contract stipulates. Such overtime work … can either be paid or unpaid. This research considers overtime working in Germany and the UK and shows that the … quantitative significance of both paid and unpaid overtime is greater in the UK. Empirical work is based on the UK Labour Force …
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reduce overtime work in order to allow the employment of more people. This paper suggests that such a concept faces major …, namely the unskilled, also exhibit low levels of overtime work. Those who work overtime, namely the skilled, face excess … in overtime will lead to less production and, hence, also to a decline in the level of unskilled employment. The paper …
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overtime and non-overtime employment. Policy simulations are conducted to examine the short-run effects on the monthly growth … rates for employment, labor earnings, capital usage, and the workweek from either a) raising the overtime premium to double …-wide employment, earnings, and non-labor input usage. The growth rate of the workweek is virtually unaffected by raising the overtime …
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