Do labour institutions influence how wages respond to the business cycle? Such responsiveness can then shape several …

concerns. When controlling for both worker and firm heterogeneity and instrumenting for concentration, we find that wages are …

We investigate the impact of labour market concentration on two dimensions of job quality, namely wages and job … and local product market concentration, we show that the elasticities of wages with respect to labour market concentration … are strikingly similar across countries: increasing labour market concentration by 10% reduces wages by 0.19% in Germany …

wages increase by about 45%. The results are based on multiple instrumental variables, including firm-specific international … country: RS is weaker in firms with more women and less educated workers; RS involves an element of risk sharing, as wages … wages tend to reduce RS; and, while employer labour market power reduces wages, it increases RS. Overall, despite its …

Does employers' association (EA) membership affect wages? Such effects, positive or negative, could follow from …