We document substantial cross-sectional heterogeneity of German establishments’ real wage cyclicality over the business … wages. We estimate a negative connection between establishments’ wage cyclicality and their employment cyclicality, thereby …

This paper explores the relationship between the duration of a vacancy and the starting wage of a new job, using … workers eventually filling the vacancies. We find that vacancy durations are negatively correlated with the starting wage and … that this negative association is particularly strong with the establishment component of the starting wage. We also …

transitions between labor status or jobs, whereas for those at the top, earnings changes are mainly induced by wage rate growth …

worker and firm heterogeneity. I find that minimum wages up to 70% of the median wage significantly increase productivity … the minimum wage cuts deep into the wage distribution. I show that gradually implementing a high minimum wage is necessary …

We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment in a … heterogeneous labour market, where wages are determined by a monopoly labour union. We find that outsourcing promotes the wage … dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. When the labour union adopts a solidaristic wage policy, it will …

We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment … in dual labor markets. Outsourcing promotes wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Higher … domestic low-skilled wage tax, higher payroll tax and lower wage tax exemption increase optimal outsourcing. Outsourcing will …

sector and an informal sector which absorbs unemployed workers at a flexible wage rate. In this set up greater education for …