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Reservation Wages and Starting Wages [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 We analyse a unique data set that combines reservation wage and actually paid wage for a large sample of Dutch recent higher education graduates. On average, accepted wages are almost 8% higher than reservation wages, but there is no fixed proportionality.
van Ophem, H., Hartog, J., Berkhout, P.
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On the cyclicality of real wages and wage differentials [PDF]
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2017 Abstract Previous empirical literature suggests that estimated wage cyclicality depends on the structure of the relationship between real wages and an observed indicator of the business cycle that econometric models impose prior to estimation.
Christopher Otrok +1 more
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Wage equations, wage curves and all that [PDF]
Labour Economics, 2002 This paper is concerned with the relationship between wages and unemployment. Using UK regions and individuals as the basis for our analysis, the following questions are investigated. First, is the wage equation a relationship between unemployment and wages or wage changes?
B Bell, Stephen Nickell, Glenda Quintini
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Welfare-to-Work, Wages and Wage Growth [PDF]
Fiscal Studies, 2003 This paper attempts to uncover the effects of a welfare-to-work programme that acts as a wage subsidy on wage growth by exploiting an expansion to this welfare programme in the UK. The conventional wisdom is that such programmes trap recipients into low wage, low quality work this comes from the simple argument that the "poverty trap", which a wage ...
Walker, Ian, Lydon, Reamonn
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Wage Inequality and Wage Mobility in Turkey [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 This paper investigates wage inequality and wage mobility in Turkey using the Surveys on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). This is the first paper that explores wage mobility for Turkey. It differs from the existing literature by providing analyses of wage inequality and wage mobility over various socioeconomic groups such as gender, age, education ...
Aysit Tansel +2 more
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Bargained Wages, Wage Drift and the Design of the Wage Setting System [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003 This paper aims at answering the question: How does a typically 'European' bargaining system - with collective bargaining, extension mechanisms and national minimum wage - coexist with low unemployment rate and high wage flexibility? A unique data set on workers, firms and collective bargaining contracts in the Portuguese economy is used to analyze the
Cardoso, Ana Rute, Portugal, Pedro
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Minimum Wage Effects on Reservation Wages
Journal of Labor Research, 2022 AbstractReservation wages are part of the transmission mechanism between minimum wages and unemployment via the labour force participation decision. The limited available empirical evidence on the relationship between reservation wages and legal minimum wages suggest that individuals use minimum wages as benchmarks against which their reservation wages
Panos Sousounis, Gauthier Lanot
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Accord on “Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh”: A Breakthrough Agreement?
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014 This discussion aims to review the emergence of the “Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh” signed on May 13, 2013, and evaluate if it is an international agreement “breakthrough”.
Zillur Rahman
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Joint Responsibility at its Peak – Searching for a New Nordic Unemployment Model
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012 Earlier research has shown that the Nordic Ghent systems seem to be weakened. The unemployment insurances administered by the unions have experienced a decline in numbers of members, very similar to the drop in trade union membership.
Tora Dahl
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Analysis of the level of gender inequality in the labor market in Kazakhstan
Хабаршысы. Экономика сериясы, 2023 The purpose of this study is to assess the level of gender differences in the labor market of Kazakh-stan before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The relevance of the study is provided by the need to investigate the causes of gender differences and ...
A.A. Kireyeva +2 more
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