Similar Search Results

Reduction of working time in Austria : a mixed methods study relating a new work time policy to employee preferences

Gerold, Stefanie; Nocker, Matthias - 2015

This mixed-methods study examines factors determining employees' desire to reduce worktime. The results of a binary logit regression model, based on data from the Austrian Microcencus 2012, suggest that employees who prefer shorter weekly working hours are older, higher educated and work longer...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340243

Wage dynamics and returns to unobserved skill

Lochner, Lance; Park, Youngmin; Shin, Youngki - 2017

unobserved skills, (ii) a changing distribution of unobserved skills, and (iii) changing volatility in wages due to factors …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777789

Skill premium, labor supply and changes in the structure of wages in Latin America

Fernández, Manuel; Messina, Julián - 2017

Earnings inequality declined rapidly in Argentina, Brazil and Chile during the 2000s. A reduction in the experience premium is a fundamental driver of declines in upper-tail (90/50) inequality, while a decline in the education premium is the primary determinant of the evolution of lower-tail...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661649

Skill premium, labor supply and changes in the structure of wages in Latin America

Fernández, Manuel; Messina, Julián - 2017

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641653

Gendered effects of the minimum wage

Di Nola, Alessandro; Haywood, Luke; Wang, Haomin - 2023

Women are more likely to work in jobs with low hours than men. Low-hour jobs are associated with lower hourly wages and … are more likely impacted by minimum wages that set a floor on hourly wages. We document that the first German minimum wage … and wage and the positive relationship between hours and hourly wages. We implement the minimum wage in our model with a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339162

Gendered effects of minimum wage

Di Nola, Alessandro; Haywood, Luke; Wang, Haomin - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014330422

Non-Market Time and Household Well-Being

Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2005

A distinguishing feature among households is whether adult members work or not, since the employment status affects a household's available time for home activities. Using a survey method in two countries, Belgium and Germany, we provide household incomes that retain the level of well-being...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014064160

The effects of the minimum wage on earnings inequality : evidence from China

Lin, Carl; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2016

The minimum wage has been regarded as an important element of public policy for reducing poverty and inequality. Increasing the minimum wage is supposed to raise earnings for millions of low-wage workers and therefore lower earnings inequality. However, there is no consensus in the existing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452194

Assessing the distributive effects of minimum wage

Borraz, Fernando; González Pampillón, Nicolás - 2017

This paper analyzes the role of Uruguay's sharp minimum wage increases after 2004 amidst the country's slight wage inequality decrease. We found that the minimum wage increase has contributed to the reduction of wage inequality for formal workers mainly. However, we also found a negative impact...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098962

Social and fiscal impacts of statutory minimum wages in EU countries : a microsimulation analysis with EUROMOD

Grünberger, Klaus; Narazani, Edlira; Filauro, Stefano; … - 2021

This paper analyses the first-round effects of hypothetical minimum wage increases on social outcomes in 21 EU countries with a statutory national minimum wage based on a microsimulation approach using EUROMOD. The methodological challenges related to the use of available EU household survey...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012593810