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...

T his Study examines the Gender Pay Gap (GPG) in Europe and assesses the potential impact of the report adopted by the European Parliament in May 2012 (The Bauer Report). The Study finds that the greatest potential would be with the streamlining of EU regulation and policy, greater transparency...

T his Study examines the Gender Pay Gap (GPG) in Europe and assesses the potential impact of the report adopted by the European Parliament in May 2012 (The Bauer Report). The Study finds that the greatest potential would be with the streamlining of EU regulation and policy, greater transparency...

The recent economic policy debate in Germany emphasizes the impact of globalization of the world economy on the German labor market. This paper provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between trade and the labor market in West Germany for the period from 1970 until German...

In Deutschland ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten ein deutlicher Anstieg der Lohnungleichheit zu beobachten, der sich bis zum Beginn der 1990er Jahre auf den oberen Bereich der Lohnverteilung beschränkte und seitdem kontinuierlich sowohl im oberen als auch im unteren Bereich der Lohnverteilung...