union to lower wages. This mitigates the positive impact on absence. Moreover, a union may oppose higher sick pay if it … reduces labour supply sufficiently. Better employee health tends to foster wage demands. If the union determines both wages … and sick pay, we identify situations in which it will substitute wages for sick pay because adverse absence effects can be …

union to lower wages. This mitigates the positive impact on absence. Moreover, a union may oppose higher sick pay if it … reduces labour supply sufficiently. Better employee health tends to foster wage demands. If the union determines both wages … and sick pay, we identify situations in which it will substitute wages for sick pay because adverse absence effects can be …

conventional view, we show that the effect of minimum wages on employment is ambiguous …

at the firm may rise if there are small fixed costs to hiring workers. -- minimum wages ; hours ; employment …

conventional view, we show that the effect of minimum wages on employment is ambiguous. -- Minimum wages ; hours ; employment …

their nominal wages are further above it. We find substantial positive wage effects, including statistically significant … spillovers up to around the 20th percentile of wages. Overall we find small negative effects on employment which are not … households are limited by the withdrawal of means tested benefits as earnings increase. Effects of minimum wages on household …