R<sc>usinek</sc> M. and T<sc>ojerow</sc> I. The regional dimension of collective wage bargaining: the case of Belgium, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The potential failure of national industry agreements to take into account productivity levels in the least productive regions has been considered as one of the causes of...

This paper introduces the Special Issue on competitive versus non‐competitive wage differentials, a collection of papers originally presented at the 79th Conference of the Applied Econometrics Association held in Brussels in May 2002.

Introduces a collection of papers originally presented at the 79th Applied Econometrics Association Conference which was organised with the specific aim of stimulating discussion on the “econometrics of wages”. Topics of particular focus include gender wage gaps and wage discrimination. The...

Purpose – The paper aims to introduce the special issue of IJM , a collection of papers that were originally presented at the 88 th Applied Econometrics Association Conference. Design/methodology/approach – Provides a general outline of the focus of the issue. Findings – The conference...

Purpose – This paper analyses the magnitude and sources of the firm‐size wage premium in the Belgian private sector. Design/methodology/approach – Using a unique matched employer‐employee data set, our empirical strategy is based on the estimation of a standard Mincer wage equation. We...

Purpose – This paper aims to measure and analyse the wage gap between male part‐ and full‐timers in the private sector of six European countries, i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Using a unique matched employer‐employee data set...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causes of unemployment persistence among the Belgian labour force. The underlying issue is to determine the eventual existence of a true causal relationship between successive unemployment spells. Design/methodology/approach – The...

<i> The War of Models: Determination of Wages and Employment in Swedish Private Sector </i> (di Robert Plasman, François Rycx) - ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to discriminate between competing models of wage and employment determination (right-to-manage, efficient bargaining and general...

Purpose – This paper aims to measure and analyse the wage gap between male part- and full-timers in the private sector of six European countries, i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Using a unique matched employer-employee data set...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causes of unemployment persistence among the Belgian labour force. The underlying issue is to determine the eventual existence of a true causal relationship between successive unemployment spells. Design/methodology/approach – The...