We explore the impact of COVID-19 hotspots and regional lockdowns on the Dutch labour market. Using weekly administrative panel microdata for 50 per cent of Dutch employees until the end of March 2020, we study whether individual labour market outcomes, as measured by employment, working hours...

Understanding the benefits of dense agglomerations is important for decisions on where to live. This paper is the first to quantify the economic impact of urban density on individual wages, referred to as the urban wage premium, in Australia. By combining Household Income and Labour Dynamics in...

This paper investigates how wage growth varies among Australian employees with different individual characteristics and job characteristics, and how the role of these characteristics has changed over the 2001-2018 period. The results show that after increasing between 2002 and 2007, wage growth...