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We propose a monetary model in which the unemployed satisfy the official US definition of unemployment: they are people without jobs who are (i) currently making concrete efforts to find work and (ii) willing and able to work. In addition, our model has the property that people searching for...
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base wages. The results presented in this paper are based on a survey of Irish firms undertaken as part of the Wage … avoiding cuts in base wages, worker morale and loss of experienced workers were the main concerns. Regulatory or collective …
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Seit Ausbruch der Wirtschaftskrise findet das Thema Löhne besondere Beachtung auf europäischer Ebene, wobei die Mechanismen zur Lohnfestsetzung immer mehr in den Mittelpunkt der Diskussion rücken. Insgesamt blieben die Tarifverhandlungssysteme relativ unverändert, allerdings waren in den...
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The issue of wages has attracted particular attention at European level since the onset of the economic crisis. Changes … different wage‑bargaining regimes and looks into the link between pay and productivity developments. It also investigates the … different systems and levels of minimum wages in Europe at present, carrying out an accounting exercise through a hypothetical …
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National wage-bargaining institutions are crucial in achieving pay outcomes that help to increase employment and economic growth within the context of avoiding macroeconomic imbalances within the European Monetary Union. Using a large set of empirical macroeconomic data from a variety of...
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improving the quality and productivity of work could lead to more as well as better jobs. This study is based on 23 case studies …
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the international transmission of productivity improvements generate the observed degree of risk-sharing: one associated …
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firm entry and exit as well as survival analysis of new firms. Also, decompositions of productivity change into components … consisting of resource reallocation, firm entry and exit, and productivity growth within continuing firms are carried out. The … productivity compared to incumbent firms and changes in the sectoral structure of the economy. The decomposition of productivity …
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Slovakia is engaged in an ambitious reform process which has the potential to quicken productivity growth, increase the … area participation. The nominal flexibility of wages and prices should be conserved in order to preserve the …
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