UK. Changes in perceived job security are a factor in determining the change in wages …

There can be no doubt that job security and wages are intimately linked. From the point of view of workers, they both … of workers, leads to higher wages (the "bargaining hypothesis"). Additional issues addressed in the paper include … differences between Germany and the UK and asymmetries in the response of wages to positive and negative changes of the job …

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- I. Wages from 1860 to I945 -- II. Labor Productivity -- III …. Real Wages and the Standard of Living -- IV. Through Two World Wars -- V. Wage Differentials -- VI. Regional Differences … -- VII. The Role of Trade Unionism -- VIII. Conclusion -- Appendix I. Wages in 1860 -- Appendix II. Payments in Kind …