, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact … -the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France … - Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that …

, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact … - the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France … - Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that …

For Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the US an Error Correction Model with a long-term non-linear wage … unemployment in Spain and - almost- in the Netherlands at the end of the nineties. Evidence for a stronger real wage flexibility of …

, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the US. Based on the estimated parameters, we derive time-varying elasticities of wages … seventies and eighties was taken over by labour productivity for the US and unemployment in Spain and the Netherlands at the end …We derive a non-linear wage equation from a wage bargaining model and estimate an error correction model for Germany …