This paper examines the effects of collectively agreed increases in real minimum wages on employment transitions and hours among manual workers in the Swedish retail sector over the period 2001-05. The findings indicate that increases in real minimum wages are associated with more separations,...

This paper analyzes immigrant participation in low-wage labor markets in the United States. Compared to natives, immigrants are overrepresented in low-wage jobs throughout their U.S. careers, and this overrepresentation is most severe for recent arrival cohorts. Immigration's impact on less...

Analysis in terms of the two-sector open economy shows that in bringing the market economy to East Germany, West Germany seems to have disregarded important fundamentals. Premature formation of a currency union led to a substantial real appreciation of the East German currency. Premature...

We analyze the bargaining problem of an incumbent firm and a union when the wage contract becomes generally binding. Our main application relates to competition among operators of mail delivery networks. We describe the Deutsche Post case which highlights the raising rivals' costs incentive and...

Im Mittelpunkt des Beitrags steht die Frage, wie es der Gewerkschaft ver.di in Nordrhein-Westfalen seit 2012 gelungen ist, Beschäftigte im Wach- und Sicherheitsgewerbe zu mobilisieren und zu organisieren. In Folge einer strategischen Neuorientierung der Gewerkschafts- und Tarifpolitik konnten...

Im Mittelpunkt des Beitrags steht die Frage, wie es der Gewerkschaft ver.di in Nordrhein-Westfalen seit 2012 gelungen ist, Beschäftigte im Wach- und Sicherheitsgewerbe zu mobilisieren und zu organisieren. In Folge einer strategischen Neuorientierung der Gewerkschafts- und Tarifpolitik konnten...

What affects native support for immigration? At a time of rising anti-immigration sentiments, this is a question raised by both academics and policy makers. We study the role of labor protection in shaping native preferences over migration policies. We look at Swiss national votes which took...

This paper assesses the magnitude and nature of the gender pay gap in Ireland using the National Employment Survey 2003, an employeremployee matched dataset. The results suggest that while a wage bargaining system centred around social partnership was of benefit to females irrespective of their...

This paper assesses the magnitude and nature of the gender pay gap in Ireland using the National Employment Survey 2003, an employeremployee matched dataset. The results suggest that while a wage bargaining system centred around social partnership was of benefit to females irrespective of their...