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dispersion in a partially unionized labor market. Card's method disaggregates the labor population into skill categories, which … union-membership probability and predicted union and nonunion wages. The model yields a natural three-way decomposition of … experimental design. We examine causes of the increase in U.K. wage dispersion between 1983 and 1995. Of the factors initially …
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dispersion in a partially unionized labor market. Card's method disaggregates the labor population into skill categories, which … union-membership probability and predicted union and nonunion wages. The model yields a natural three-way decomposition of … experimental design. We examine causes of the increase in U.K. wage dispersion between 1983 and 1995. Of the factors initially …
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In this paper we investigate the importance of labor market institutions such as unemployment insurance, unions, firing … regulation and minimum wages for the evolution of wage inequality across countries. We derive a simple log-linear equation of the …
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This paper examines to what extent non-random sorting of spouses affects earnings inequality while explicitly disentangling effects from increasing assortativeness in couple formation from changing patterns of couples' labor supply behavior. Using German micro data, earnings distributions of...
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different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose and apply an unconditional inference method that can be … applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require wage data, it is invariant to the way in which wages are determined …
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Sozialhilfe einen Mindestlohn?¤ 7 Reformmöglichkeiten und ihre Bewertung¤ 7.1 Zur Notwendigkeit pekuniärer Arbeitsanreize für …, Mindestlohn und Arbeitslosigkeit. 8.4 Wirtschaftspolitische Schlussfolgerungen¤ Anhangtabellen¤ Literaturverzeichnis¤ …
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In 1994, the OECD published a set of recommendations -- known as the OECD Jobs Strategy -- to deal with high and persistent unemployment that affected many member countries. These recommendations are currently being reassessed by the OECD and this paper contributes to this process. It provides a...
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This book contributes to clarify the conditions of jobs with shorter working hours and reckons the potential for increasing part-time employment in Germany. Two crucial obstacles of part-time employment are addressed: Firstly, the wage structure and its implications for labor supply, and...
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