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A cross-country study of union membership

Blanchflower, David G. (contributor) - 2006

This paper examines changes in unionization that have occurred over the last decade or so using individual level micro data on twenty seven of the thirty OECD countries, with particular emphasis on Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Micro-data is also used to model union...

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Structural reforms and income distribution

Causa, Orsetta; De Serres, Alain; Ruiz, Nicolas - 2015

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the effects of structural policies on household disposable incomes at different income levels. More specifically, it investigates the extent to which structural policies have differential long-run impacts on GDP per capita and on household incomes at...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392792

Arbeitskosten, Steuerbelastung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in Österreich im Vergleich mit ausgewählten CEEs

Havlik, Peter; Leitner, Sebastian; Römisch, Roman - 2011

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Still Searching for the Wage Curve : Evidence from Germany and Italy

Ammermüller, Andreas - 2008

This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups. In the light of high and persistent differences in unemployment and wage rates between the North and South of Italy and the West and East of Germany, we first derive theoretical...

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Education, Gender and Earnings in France and Germany : Level and Dispersion Effects

Lauer, Charlotte - 2008

This paper analyses the relationship between education, gender and earnings in France and Germany. The model chosen here enables one to estimate the impact of education not only on the expected earnings level but also on their dispersion, taking gender-specific sample selectivity into account....

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Arbeitskosten, Steuerbelastung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in Österreich im Vergleich mit ausgewählten CEEs

Havlik, Peter; Leitner, Sebastian; Römisch, Roman - 2011

Die vorliegende Studie analysiert in einem internationalen Vergleich die wichtigsten Merkmale der Entlohnung und …The study analyses in an international comparison the key characteristics and recent developments of labour costs … gradually deteriorating competitiveness. A comparison of the real purchasing power of net wages reveals a lower income disparity …

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Public Sector Pay and Corruption : Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2006

This study provides the first systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of unobserved...

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A Cross-Country Study of Union Membership

Blanchflower, David G. - 2006

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Public Sector Pay and Corruption : Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2006

This study is the first to provide a systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781545

Frontal assault versus incremental change : a comparison of collective bargaining in Portugal and the Netherlands

Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S.; Parlevliet, Jante - In: IZA journal of labor policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-26

Collective bargaining has come under renewed scrutiny, especially in Southern European countries, which rely predominantly on sectoral bargaining supported by administrative extensions of collective agreements. Following the global financial crisis, some of these countries have implemented...

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