In no other country of the European Union earnings increased as slowly as in Germany. Since 2000, wages grew, according to Federal Statistical Office, just 21.8 percent. Trade unionists see the reason in the increase of short-time work (“Kurzarbeit”). The average income in Germany shrank by 4.5 percent. This puts Germany in a comparison of [...]
Archive for May 4th, 2011
4 May
The Effect of Foreign Competition: US Firms
In the United States, the wage and compensation structure of firms underwent significant change during the 1980s and 1990s. The wage structure changed from fixed to variable based on output, earnings inequality and returns to skill increased, and there was a very dramatic rise in pay at the top of the corporate ladder. Inequality and [...]
4 May
Gender Pay Gaps in the Western World
There are substantial differences in the size of gender gap pays around the world. The analysis of Olivetti and Petrongolo gives an interesting perspective on this, cross-referencing data from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the EU countries. There evidence points toward three main groups within these countries: the United States and the United [...]
4 May
Anti-enticement Laws in the Postbellum Southern United States
Up until the Civil War, the southern United States was a region characterized in our minds by the large cotton plantations and the black slaves that worked these. After the emancipation of the black population previously in servitude, the land-owners were faced with a distinct problem. For generations, they had relied on the work of [...]
4 May
Labor Migration in Europe: examples from Norway
Norway as a country has been relatively lax about immigrant migration for the last 30 years, mainly because of having a shrinking population. The migrants have come on terms of seeking asylum, family reunification, and for employment. Those coming for employment possibility are interesting to study in the terms of labor economics. This population provides [...]
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