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The dynamics of power in labor markets : monopolistic unions versus monopsonistic employers
Samuel Dodini, Samuel; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willén, … - 2022
the role of unions in shaping labor market wage inequality. …
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Earnings inequality and the minimum wage : evidence from Brazil
Engbom, Niklas; Moser, Christian - 2017
We quantify the effect of a minimum wage on compression throughout the earnings distribution. Using the case of Brazil, which experienced a large decrease in earnings inequality while its real minimum wage increased from 1996-2012, we document that the inequality decrease was bottom-driven yet...
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Mind the gap: effects of the national minimum wage on the gender wage gap in Germany
Schmid, Ramona - 2022
With its introduction in 2015, the statutory minimum wage in Germany intends to benefit primarily low-wage workers. Thus, this paper aims at estimating the effectiveness of the im- plemented wage floor on gender wage gaps in the lower half of the wage distribution. Using administrative data,...
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Minimum wages and the distribution of family incomes
Dube, Arindrajit - 2017
wage policies influence the distribution of family incomes. I find robust evidence that higher minimum wages shift down the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613156
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The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Distribution of Family Incomes : A Nonparametric Analysis
Neumark, David - 2007
force. We present evidence on the effects of minimum wages on family incomes from March CPS surveys. Using non …, we examine the effects of minimum wages on this distribution, and on the distribution of the changes in income that … families experience. Although minimum wages do increase the incomes of some poor families, the evidence indicates that their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728753
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Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes
Dube, Arindrajit - 2017
wage policies influence the distribution of family incomes. I find robust evidence that higher minimum wages shift down the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962267
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Salient Gender Difference in the Wage Elasticity of General Practitioners' Labour Supply
Mu, Chunzhou; Maruyama, Shiko - 2017
the gender difference in the wage elasticity of Australian GPs by maximum likelihood estimation of labour supply and wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014038870
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Labor income profiles are not heterogeneous : evidence from income growth rates
Hryshko, Dmytro - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 3 (2012) 2, pp. 177-209
Idiosyncratic labor incomes are typically modeled either by stochastic processes with heterogeneous income profiles (HIPs) or restricted income profiles (RIPs). The HIP assumes that individual labor income grows deterministically at an unobserved rate and contains a persistent but stationary...
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What explains the gender gap in top incomes in developing countries? : evidence from Ecuador
Oliva, Nicolás; Jara, H. Xavier; Rattenhuber, Pia - 2021
Based on tax records data from Ecuador, we analyse gender differences in top income groups from 2008 to 2017. Ecuador represents an interesting case as it shares many trends with other countries in the region in terms of women's status in the labour market. While we observe a significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550292
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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage : The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
structure of wages. Ceteris paribus, a higher share of employees in a firm covered by industry-wide or firm-level contracts is … associated with higher wages. Yet, individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm shows a negative impact both on the wage … level and on wage dispersion... …
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