this study examins effects of trade liberalization on the wage inequality across industries and between genders within these industries by utilizing the data of micro-level households’ income and expenditures surveys and trade statistics over 2001-2011. the analysis is carried based on the heckscher–ohlin’s theory in international trade and baker’s taste discrimination theory at firms. we use q...

this paper argues that a risk averse of workers after-tax reservation wage the difference between her reservation wage and the tax needed to fund the unemployment insurance system when liquidity constraint binds exists and it is unique. the optimality of unemployment insurance based on the responsiveness of reservation wage to unemployment benefit shows the disincentive effect, i.e. higher unem...

Based on an analysis of gender equality provisions in national collective agreements, this article investigates the influence European Union (EU) and macro-economic policy outcomes Belgium since signature Treaty Rome 1957. We show that, over time, EU policies have led to adoption promoting formal integration women labour market. At same stimulated flexibility, part-time work largely filled by w...

According the qur’ānic verses, God is the first teacher of the Qur’ān. The Prophet (s) used different methods to teach the Qur’ān and recommended others to teach it, especially to one’s children. The question of the permissibility or impermissibility of receiving wage for the teaching of the Qur’ān has brought about some disagreements among Muslim scholars, where each group has relied on some q...

The Nash bargaining solution (NBS) has long been used to model wage negotiations between firms and unions examples include de Menil (1971), McDonald and Solow (1981), Nickell and Andrews (1983), Anderson and Devereux (1989), Dowrick (1989, 1990), Leslie (1990) and Hoel (1990). Much of this research has chosen quite arbitrary values for the parameters of the NBS the status-quo point and the barg...

Purpose: The article discusses the impact of public sector wages and inflation on various aspects a country’s socioeconomic development. Methodology: Using Slovenia as case study, focuses how impacts collective bargaining wage regulation in sector, well role constitutional fiscal restraints sector. research employs qualitative methods patterns existing documents empirical studies, comparative m...

We propose a model to study non-compete agreements and evaluate their quantitative effects. explore an exogenous policy change that removed clauses in the market for Brazilian footballers, Pele Act of 1998. The raised players' lifetime income but changed wage profile heterogeneous way, reducing young salaries. structurally estimate model's parameters by matching wages turnover profiles post per...

Abstract In this article, we estimate urban wage premia (UWPs) in Italy, with its economy characterized by the interplay between collective bargaining and spatial heterogeneity cost of living. Our dataset for 2005–2015 period exploits detailed information on universe workers private sector price measures disaggregated at a fine level. For employees under bargaining, find zero UWP nominal terms ...