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Do unions and works councils really dampen the gender pay gap? : discordant evidence from Germany
Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus; Töpfer, Marina - 2020
Using a large employer-employee dataset, we provide new evidence on the relationship between the gender pay gap and … introducing or abandoning collective agreements or works councils affects the gender pay gap. This result holds at the mean and … along the distribution, challenging the stylized fact that unions and works councils dampen the gender pay gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257376
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Do unions and works councils really dampen the gender pay gap? : discordant evidence from Germany
Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus; Töpfer, Marina - 2020
Using a large employer-employee dataset, we provide new evidence on the relationship between the gender pay gap and … introducing or abandoning collective agreements or works councils affects the gender pay gap. This result holds at the mean and … along the distribution, challenging the stylized fact that unions and works councils dampen the gender pay gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262910
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Do unions and works councils really dampen the gender pay gap? : discordant evidence from Germany
Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus; Töpfer, Marina - In: Economics letters 196 (2020), pp. 1-4
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510920
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Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data
Rycx, Francois; Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013
The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010638967
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Quelle est l'influence des négociations d'entreprise sur la structure des salaires?
Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, Francois - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2008
In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined by industry-level agreements. In addition, for some workers, industry agreements are complemented by firm-specific agreements. This paper provides a critical survey of the effects of this two-tier bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765516
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Wage differentials across sectors in Europe: an east-west comparison
Rycx, Francois; Tojerow, Ilan D.; Magda, Iga; Valsamis, … - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2009
This study compares the structure and determinants of inter-industry wage differentials in Eastern and Western European countries (namely Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain compared with Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia). To do so, we use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558923
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La structure des salaires en Belgique
Plasman, Robert Alain; Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, Francois; … - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2008
Depuis près de 20 ans, la plupart des débats concernant la rémunération du travail sont centrés sur la question de la compétitivité. Si la question des coûts salariaux est évidemment importante, on en arrive cependant à oublier que tous les travailleurs belges ne sont pas logés à la...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005596857
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Wage differentials across sectors in Europe: an east-west comparison
Rycx, Francois; Tojerow, Ilan D.; Valsamis, Daphné - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2008
This study compares the structure and determinants of inter-industry wage differentials in Eastern and Western European countries on the basis of the 2002 European Structure of Earnings Survey. Findings show substantial differences in earnings across sectors in all countries, even when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005596868
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Wages and the bargaining regime under multi-level bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain
Plasman, Robert Alain; Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, Francois - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2006
Using a unique harmonized matched employer-employee dataset (European Structure of Earnings Survey, 1995), we study the impact of the regime of collective bargaining on wages in the manufacturing sector of three countries that are characterized by a multilevel system of bargaining: Belgium,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005464153
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Industry wage differentials, unobserved ability, and rent-sharing: evidence from matched employer-employee, 1992-2005
Plasman, Robert Alain; Rycx, Francois; Tojerow, Ilan D. - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2006
This paper investigates inter-industry wage differentials in Belgium, taking advantage of access to a unique matched employer-employee data set covering the period 1995-2002. Findings show the existence of large and persistent wage differentials among workers with the same observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094119