This paper examines the effects of collectively agreed increases in real minimum wages on employment transitions and …. Labour-labour substitution seems to be important, since increases in minimum wages promote employment among workers with … real minimum wages are associated with more separations, whereas hours are less affected because separated workers put in …

This paper is the first to estimate the effects of minimum wages on the unemployment of refugee immigrants. The … collectively agreed minimum wages raise both the incidence of unemployment and days in unemployment considerably for male refugees …

effects on employment and wages, and also discusses the challenges to the model represented by increasing low-wage competition …Swedish minimum wages are not regulated by law, but subject to bargaining between employers and trade unions and form …

What were the asserted complementarities between the welfare state and full-employment policies, and why do these …

What were the asserted complementarities between the welfare state and full-employment policies, and why do these …

Many developing countries would like to increase the share of modern or formal sectors in their employment. One way to …, previous research on the issue has been limited by the paucity of long data sets for firm operations. We examine employment … from domestic ones. Employment growth is relatively high in foreign-owned establishments, although foreign firms own …