... employers and unions in order to introduce higher MWs. The article explores why this has happened and draws out the implications for MW fixing and the stability of shadow-of-hierarchy arrangements. labour market institutions low-wage employment employers trade unions Germany United Kingdom J3 Wages...

... constitutes neither a boundless nor a frictionless labour market, implying that its promise of creating equal access to job opportunities is exaggerated. Gig economy global economy gravity model labour market institutions online platforms F66 economic impacts of globalization labor J46 informal labour...

... through more biting minimum wages or multi-employer collective bargaining, this inequality is compressed and does not grow as much. firms inequality wages labour market institutions Understanding how wage inequality grows matters as different policies may be needed to tackle wage dispersion. Greater...

.... Our estimates indicate that the knock-on effect is large in countries with low employment protection legislation and it is driven by occupations characterized by untechnical work logics. skills labour market institutions flexibility occupations income distribution employment J24 J31 J42...

...- and labour market regulation. economic sociology labour market institutions school-to-work transition vocational orientation, employment protection legislation product market regulation Z13 economic sociology D02 institutions I20 education and research institutions The transition from education...

... insurance can encourage socially beneficial risk-taking in educational choices. varieties of capitalism labour market institutions skills innovation investment financial crisis EU labour market Social insurance may affect a country’s economic performance, and may do so through a number of different...

... inequality via increased protection, support or both. Finally, we empirically demonstrate that the mechanisms behind this link are, indeed, a more equal distribution of resources and engagement across low- and high educated citizens. democracy comparative politics capitalism democratic QCA labour market...

... and a discussion of different measures for capital accumulation. Finally, Section 6 summarises the results and indicates policy conclusions. Abstract According to the mainstream view, labour market institutions (LMIs) are the key determinants of unemployment in the medium run. The actual empirical explanatory...

... significant parts of what Florida defines as ‘the working class’. Creativity labour market institutions multi-level logistic analysis 030 050 Creativity has attracted the attention of researchers in a variety of disciplines including behavioural psychology and management. Within the field of psychology...

... countries can maintain the more benign institutions that limit low pay. low-wage employment earnings mobility wage inequality labour-market institutions We are grateful to Maite Blázquez at Universidad Autonoma Madrid for developing the probability and mobility analysis on the basis of Jenkins...

... labour-market institutions E24 E58 J64 The credit market was one important source of domestic demand expansion. By the end of 1985, Swedish financial markets had been largely deregulated. Restrictions on household loans in commercial banks and credit institutions had been lifted, which set in motion...

... in an institutionally heterogeneous environment and due to the impact of internationalization. Thus, we argue for the integration of these three perspectives in one explanatory approach. varieties of capitalism international competition Germany United Kingdom institutional change labour market institutions P52...

... for the growth and development of labour market institutions, effects which are still felt today and which are visible in the conceptual structure of labour law and company law in different countries. However, contrary to the claims of the legal origin hypothesis, a liberal model of contract was more influential...

... be preferred because it yields additional information. Wage trends Employment-wage trade-off Labour market institutions Comparative economic growth References Mazumdar, D. ( 2003 ). Tends in employment and employment elasticity in manufacturing, 1971–92: an international comparison, Cambridge Journal...

... that occurred in recent decades. Given the prevalence of wage regulation and collective bargaining in most European countries, we also analyse the role of labour market institutions on low pay. We show that minimum wages and union presence do play a relevant role in reducing wage inequalities. Finally, we...

...: Wage trends, Employment–wage trade-off, Labour market institutions, Comparative economic growth JEL classifications: N30, O15, J30, J41 1. Introduction The expansion of manufacturing industry has often been seen as crucial to the growth...

... wage inequality redistribution labour market institutions trade unions Like much of employment law, the minimum wage has been beset with controversy. Even more than labour law—which at least in the American version seeks only to indirectly determine wages, hours, and other terms...

... on that work and for permission to republish part of it here. I would also like to thank participants at the ‘Idea of Labour Law’ workshop in Cambridge in April 2010 for comments. This chapter proposes a ‘systemic’ conception of labour market institutions as a basis for understanding how labour law can...

...Looks at some of the labour market outcomes of recent economic reforms. The extent to which labour market institutions affect the relationship between reform policies and income inequality remains controversial. Some see labour market institutions as a hindrance to more efficient development...

...Most economists think that unemployment is high in Europe because of rigid labour market institutions such as minimum wages, unemployment benefits, and employment protection. The book develops a theory of labour market institutions as the outcome of the political process. A central hypothesis...