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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten

Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000

This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...

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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten

Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001

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An Analysis of the Factors of NAIRU Dynamics in Selected OECD Countries

Marjanovic, Gordana - 2019

Unemployment represents one of the major problems in modern economies. In order to create appropriate measures for its … reduction, it is necessary to know the exact relationship between the NAIRU (Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment …) and the actual unemployment rate. Therefore, this paper examines the impact of various factors on change in the NAIRU rate …

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Can Institutional Reform Reduce Job Destruction and Unemployment Duration? Yes it Can

Pérez Ruiz, Esther - 2012

We read search theory's unemployment equilibrium condition as an Iso-Unemployment Curve(IUC).The IUC is the locus of … job destruction rates and expected unemployment durations rendering the same unemployment level. A country's position … unemployment level at which such preferences are satisfied Using a panel of 20 OECD countries over 1985-2008, we find employment …

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Wages and the bargaining regime in a corporist setting : the Netherlands

Hartog, Joop; Teulings, Coen N.; Leuven, Edwin - 2000

In a corporatist country, of which the Netherlands is an example, wages should not be distinguished by union membership status, but by the bargaining regime. Four bargaining regimes can be distinguished: (i) company level bargaining, (ii) industry level bargaining, (iii) mandatory extension of...

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Changes in bargaining status and intra-plant wage dispersion in Germany : a case of (almost) plus ça change?

Addison, John T.; Kölling, Arnd; Teixeira, Paulino - 2014

Recent studies have pointed to the association between declining collective bargaining coverage and rising overall wage inequality. This association holds more or less across-the-board, at least for broad swathes of recent history. That said, the exact contribution of deununionization is a...

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Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities : does institutional diversity matter?

Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2014

This paper explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of (a) harmonized micro-data from household surveys, (b) data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates, and (c) hand-collected...

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Job quality in segmented labor markets : the Israeli case

Neuman, Shoshana - 2014

Till the early-1990s the collectively-bargained labor contract (between the trade-union that presented the employees, and the employer or the employers'-association) was the norm, granting salaried workers a stable and protected labor contract. Thereafter, and more significantly after 1995, the...

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Sharp teeth or empty mouths? : revisiting the minimum wage bite with sectoral data

Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2013

The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...

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Understanding wage floor setting in industry-level agreements : evidence from France

Fougère, Denis; Gautier, Erwan; Roux, Sébastien - 2016

This paper examines empirically how industry-level wage floors are set in French industry-level wage agreements and how the national minimum wage (NMW) interacts with industry-level wage bargaining. For this, the authors use a unique dataset containing about 50,000 occupation-specific wage...

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