-sector wages, more nepotism in public-sector hiring lowers the unemployment rate because it limits the size of queues for public …

-to-job transition rates - is an important driver of real wages. Intuitively, workers are better placed to move or bargain for increases … in wages, hours or promotions when they have more outside options, namely other employers who want to hire them. I test … markets are associated with higher wages growth, including for those who stay in their jobs. A 1 percentage point increase in …

crucial to understand the main labor market outcomes of such economies. Wages offered by the public sector increase the … increase of the offered wages in the public sector observed at the same time. …

sector wages observed at the same time. …

How skills acquired in vocational education and training (VET) affect wages and employment is not clear. We develop and … wages. We find that firms value cognitive skills on average almost twice as much as interpersonal and manual skills, and … they prize complementarity in cognitive and interpersonal skills. The average return to VET skills in hourly wages is 9 …

How skills acquired in vocational education and training (VET) affect wages and employment is not clear. We develop and … wages. We find that firms value cognitive skills on average almost twice as much as interpersonal and manual skills, and … they prize complementarity in cognitive and interpersonal skills. The average return to VET skills in hourly wages is 9 …