This paper uses the General Household Survey data for the UK to study earnings discrimination between natives and migrants. The key result is that the main source of discrimination is ethnicity rather than migrant status per se. This paper differs from the conventional focus in studies of...

Much has been written about the relationship between economic growth and aggregate inequality in recent years. In this paper we extend this literature by examining whether economic growth affects, not the level, but rather the nature of inequality. To do this we focus on the Irish economy which...

A bonus scheme for tenure systems in which the total wage consists of the base wage and the bonus proportional to the excess production more than the minimum requirement is considered. The existence of the take-off bonus rate below which the employee does not response to the increase of the...

The objective of this study entails to identify the determinants of demand for and wages of high- and low-skilled labour in the Netherlands. For this purpose, firstly a model for demand for and wages of high- and low-skilled labour is derived. Subsequently, this model is estiamted for annual...

The impact of competition on prices and wages in investigated using a panel of three-digit industries in the Dutch Manufacturing sector (1978-1991). Output prices are explaining using an oligopoly model, whereas wages are axplained through a bargaining model. The analysis reveals that market...

This study examines the impact of structural, content and salary plateaus en engineers' attitudes. The data of this study were collected through structured questionnaires from a sample of 900 engineers in Quebec (Canada).

Equality can multiply due to the complementarity between wage determination and welfare spending. A more equal wage distribution fuels welfare generosity via political competition. A more generous welfare state fuels wage equality further via its support to weak groups in the labor market....