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New collective bargaining contracts and gender wage differentials
Olafsdottir, Katrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The paper measures the gender wage differentials among members of the Icelandic public sector union federation … last 15 years while the agreements have also been decentralized. The paper shows that although the gender wage differential … has fallen from 1994 to 2007 it is still significant. The base wage gender wage differential is smaller than the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555430
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Public-private sector wage differentials in Spain. An updated picture in the midst of the Great Recession.
Antón, José-Ignacio; Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
the whole earnings distribution and the incidence of the gender gap in both sectors of the economy. Firstly, we find that … suffer a pay penalty. Secondly, the gender gap is substantially larger in the private sector. Lastly, we analyse what happens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071612
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Public-private sector wage differentials in Spain. An updated picture in the midst of the Great Recession.
Antón, José-Ignacio; Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
the whole earnings distribution and the incidence of the gender gap in both sectors of the economy. Firstly, we find that … suffer a pay penalty. Secondly, the gender gap is substantially larger in the private sector. Lastly, we analyse what happens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257709
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Public sector pay policy in East European countries
Lupu, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
wages of Eastern European public servants as a result of the international financial crisis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114158
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The usury doctrine and urban public finances in late-medieval Flanders (1220 - 1550): rentes (annuities), excise taxes, and income transfers from the poor to the rich
Munro, John H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
per capita basis). That tax burden rose the most strongly when, by other indications, real wages (RWI = NWI/CPI) were also … inflations eroded or eliminated wage gains, and thus that periodic rises in real wages were due essentially to steep deflations … combined with pronounced wage-stickiness. As I also calculated, English artisans in the 1340s had earned real wages that were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617005
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The Use Of Labor Market Supplements By Central Government In The Netherlands
Hoek, M. Peter van der - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
This paper reviews an investigation into the application of retention bonuses and labor market allowances in the central government sector in the Netherlands. On average, the supplements amount to approximately one (gross) monthly salary. They mainly accrue to males, who are highly educated,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619440
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The politicians’ wage gap: insights from German members of parliament
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament (MPs) this paper analyzes the politicians’ wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for election probabilities and campaigning costs, we find a positive income premium for MPs which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367981
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Public-private wage differentials in Turkey: public policy or market dynamics?
Akarçay- Gürbüz, Ayça; Polat, Sezgin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We evaluate public-private sector wage differentials in Turkey for the years 2005 and 2011, a period marked by educational upgrading and restructuring in public employment. Using micro data from Household Labour Force Surveys we find a positive premium for low wage earners and a penalty of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108555
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The Great Recession and the Public-Private Wage Gap: Distributional Decomposition Evidence from Croatia 2008-2011
Rubil, Ivica - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We study the pay gap between the public and the private sectors in Croatia just before and in the wake of the recent Great Recession. Using the Labor Force Survey data, we decompose the real hourly wage gap of full-time workers in 2008 and 2011 into the contributions of differences in workers’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257706
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Incorporation de Nouvelles Variables dans le Modèle Mincerian dans un Contexte de Marché du Travail Segmenté : Application aux Données de la Tunisie
Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
At the micro level, economists seek to understand and interpret the decision making process of individuals for investment in human capital, as well as the many factors that can influence this process. On the other hand, the economics of education is concerned with the impacts of individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118552