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This study investigates the effects of changes in firms' performance on wages across occupations from the extractive … and transformation sectors of the Brazilian economy, from 2007 to 2013. We rely on a matching panel data of occupations … reasons. The results point to the existence of a positive and significant relationship between firm performance and wages, as …
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This paper examines the relationship between institutions and the remuneration of different jobs by comparing the German and Belgian labour markets with respect to a typology of institutions (social representations, norms, conventions, legislation, and organisations). The observed institutional...
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levels, has a negative effect on individual workers' wages after controlling for individual differences in unemployment risk. …
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In this paper I use data on workers matched whit firms balance-sheet reports to examine the relation between wages and … firms´ ability to pay. Results indicate that experienced and highly educated workers are sorted into profitable firms. Wages … that previous studies based on industry data substantially underestimate the impacts of profits on wages. …
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differentials appears to be limited. Further results show that ceteris paribus, workers earn significantly higher wages when …
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Wage penalties in overqualified employment are well documented, but little is known regarding the underlying mechanisms. We test two explanations, namely, formal overqualification and a mismatch of occupational skills. By using the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) survey that is linked to...
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are reassessed. Unobserved worker attributes and ongoing self-selection into occupations can be accounted for in a much …
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knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a Solovian zone where wages increase with … bliss point can only be made better-off by an increase in diversity. If wages are set by monopoly unions rather than set … employment in the material goods sector. International trade may reduce wages in poor countries and increase them in rich …
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knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a "Solovian zone" where wages increase with … bliss point can only be made better-off by an increase in diversity. If wages are set by monopoly unions rather than set … employment in the material goods sector. International trade may reduce wages in poor countries and increase them in rich …
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German employment relations are characterized by a distinct dual system: First, working conditions and wages are … related to higher wages (11 %), their application results in wages cuts of roughly the same size. Regarding works councils our …
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