Introduction of a National Minimum Wage Reduced Depressive Symptoms in Low‐Wage Workers: A Quasi‐Natural Experiment in the UK
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3336
Abstract: Summary Does increasing incomes improve health? In 1999, the UK government implemented minimum wage legislation, increasing hourly wages to at least £3.60. This policy experiment created intervention and control groups that can be used to… read more here.
Keywords: depressive symptoms; low wage; wage workers; minimum wage ... See more keywords
Cross‐Country Evidence on Labor Market Institutions and Young Adult Employment through the Financial Crisis
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DOI: 10.1002/soej.12373
Abstract: I develop and analyze a set of cross‐country facts regarding employment and wage setting institutions over the decade surrounding the 2008 financial crisis. Among long‐industrialized countries, young adult employment declined more than prime age employment… read more here.
Keywords: cross country; financial crisis; wage; young adult ... See more keywords
Segregation and gender wage gaps in the private and the public sectors: an analysis of Danish linked employer–employee data, 2002–2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-016-1132-2
Abstract: This paper examines the relation between segregation and the gender wage gap in the public and the private sectors in Denmark from 2002 to 2012. The analysis shows that male–female differences in the share of… read more here.
Keywords: segregation gender; wage; segregation; sector ... See more keywords
Decomposition methods for analyzing inequality changes in Latin America 2002–2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-018-1518-4
Abstract: This paper studies recent inequality patterns and the distributional effects of schooling and job informality on wage inequality in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico during the 2002–2014 period. By means of a quantile regression framework,… read more here.
Keywords: quantile regression; effect; inequality; wage ... See more keywords
Gender differences in wage expectations: the role of biased beliefs
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-021-02044-0
Abstract: We analyze gender differences in expected starting salaries along the wage expectations distribution of prospective university students in Germany, using elicited beliefs about both own salaries and salaries for average other students in the same… read more here.
Keywords: role; gender differences; wage expectations; wage ... See more keywords
‘Kaldor Facts’ and the decline of Wage Share: An agent based-stock flow consistent model of induced technical change along Classical and Keynesian lines
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-020-00686-4
Abstract: This paper introduces the classical idea about the so-called directed and induced technical change (ITC) within a Keynesian demand-side and evolutionary endogenous growth model in order to analyse the interplay between technical change, long-run economic… read more here.
Keywords: model; technical change; induced technical; wage ... See more keywords
Mindestlohn von 12 Euro: Auswirkungen und Perspektiven
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DOI: 10.1007/s10273-019-2453-5
Abstract: ZusammenfassungVielfach wird in der öffentlichen Diskussion ein zumindest annähernd existenzsichernder Mindestlohn von 12 Euro gefordert. 2017 haben etwa 11 Mio. Beschäftigte zu einem Stundenlohn von weniger als 12 Euro gearbeitet. Das betrifft insbesondere geringfügig Beschäftigte,… read more here.
Keywords: von; mindestlohn von; wage; auswirkungen ... See more keywords
Testing the great decoupling: a long memory approach
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DOI: 10.1007/s10663-017-9390-6
Abstract: Abstract The disconnection between productivity and workers’ compensation after 1980 is a fact not only for the U.S., Canada, Japan but also for Europe. The level of the decoupling between labor productivity and real hourly… read more here.
Keywords: policy; wage moderation; great decoupling; wage ... See more keywords
Exploring changes in the employment structure and wage inequality in Western Europe using the unconditional quantile regression
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DOI: 10.1007/s10663-017-9397-z
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore how shifts in employment structure affect earnings dynamics and wage inequality throughout the wage distribution in four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom). Through… read more here.
Keywords: wage inequality; employment structure; inequality; wage ... See more keywords
Recent trends in wage inequality from an EU perspective: a tale of two convergences
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DOI: 10.1007/s10663-019-09436-7
Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of two processes of convergence between European countries, in wage levels and wage distributions, and the extent to which they explain recent trends in wage inequality for the EU as… read more here.
Keywords: trends wage; inequality; inequality perspective; wage ... See more keywords
Optimal incentive contracts under loss aversion and inequity aversion
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DOI: 10.1007/s10700-018-9288-1
Abstract: This paper studies a model of principal-agent problem under loss aversion and inequity aversion. The model analyzes how loss aversion and inequity aversion affect the wage structure in optimal contract design. The results demonstrate that… read more here.
Keywords: aversion; wage; loss aversion; inequity aversion ... See more keywords