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Privatization of refuse removal and labor costs
Hoover, Gary A.; Peoples, James H. - In: Journal of labor research 24 (2003) 2, pp. 293-305
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How do firms respond to unions?
Dodini, Samuel; Stansbury, Anna; Willén, Alexander - 2023
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the margins along which firms in Norway respond to increased union density, using legislative changes in the tax deductibility of union dues as a quasi-exogenous shock to firm-level unionization rates. Despite higher personnel costs driven by a...
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How do firms respond to unions?
Dodini, Samuel; Stansbury, Anna; Willén, Alexander - 2023
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the margins along which firms in Norway respond to increased union density, using legislative changes in the tax deductibility of union dues as a quasi-exogenous shock to firm-level unionization rates. Despite higher personnel costs driven by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014446456
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Wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry
Agudelo, Sonia A.; Sala, Hector - 2015
We show that wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry is not fundamentally driven by labor productivity in contrast to the standard theoretical prediction. On the contrary, internal institutional arrangements – payroll taxation, the minimum wage or the price wedge between...
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Comparing wage levels and developments in Europe : mind the data source
Schröder, Joris; Schwarzhappel, Monika - 2020
Wages directly affect the wellbeing and living conditions of the working population, household consumption and domestic demand, but also a country's competitiveness. However, methodological differences across multiple data sources mean that it is a complex matter to make an accurate assessment...
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Union wage effects : what are the economic implications of union wage bargaining for workers, firms, and society
Bryson, Alex - 2014
Despite declining bargaining power, unions continue to generate a wage premium. Some feel collective bargaining has had its day. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have recently called for the removal of bargaining rights from workers in the name of wage and employment flexibility, yet...
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The Endogeneity of Union Status : An Empirical Test
Duncan, Gregory M.; Leigh, Duane E. - 2005
An unsettled issue in the literature relating to the relative wage effect of unions is the appropriate treatment of union status in a wage determination model. In the context of a three-equation model determining union membership and union- and nonunion-sector wage rates, this paper presents an...
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The Effect of Private Sector Work Opportunities in Prison on Labor Market Outcomes of the Formerly Incarcerated
Cox, Robynn - 2015
This paper examines the effects of a private sector prison work program called the Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP) on unemployment duration, length of formal employment, and earnings of men and women released from various state prisons between 1996 and 2001. The labor...
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Industrielle Arbeitskosten im internationalen Vergleich
Schröder, Christoph - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 39 (2012) 3, pp. 87-105
Die Arbeitskosten des westdeutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbes beliefen sich im Jahr 2011 auf 37,57 Euro je … etablierten Industrieländer hat die westdeutsche Industrie um gut ein Viertel höhere Arbeitskosten. Für Deutschland insgesamt fiel … westdeutschen Arbeitskosten lag. Einerseits hat die Kostendisziplin in Deutschland im neuen Jahrtausend deutlich zugenommen. Mit …
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Industrielle Arbeitskosten im internationalen Vergleich
Schröder, Christoph - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 40 (2013) 3, pp. 81-100
Die Arbeitskosten des westdeutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbes beliefen sich im Jahr 2012 auf 38,88 Euro je … dem Durchschnitt der fortgeschrittenen Industrieländer um fast ein Viertel höhere Arbeitskosten zu tragen. Für Deutschland … unter den westdeutschen Arbeitskosten liegt. In den letzten beiden Jahren war die Kostendisziplin in Deutschland merklich …
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