Collective Bargaining and the Wage Structure

Gendered Effects of the Minimum Wage

Women work disproportionately in low‐hours jobs, which pay lower wages and are more exposed to minimum‐wage policies. We estimate an equilibrium search model with worker and firm heterogeneity, jobs differing in wages and hours, and imperfect compliance. Applied to Germany, the 8.50 € minimum wage reallocates women t...

The Role of Search Frictions and Monopsony Power in Shaping the Effects of Tipped Minimum Wage Policy in the U.S. Restaurant Industry

In the U.S. restaurant industry, tipped workers receive a large share of their earnings from customers rather than from their employers, and tip credit provisions allow restaurants to pay cash wages below the standard minimum wage. This paper examines why this compensation structure persists and how raising the tipped...

Working Papers Education and wage differentials by gender in Italy

Discussion Paper Series

Do Relative Wages Matter for Public-Sector Retention?

We study how relative wages are associated with sectoral exit across public-sector branches in the Netherlands. Sectoral exit is defined as no longer being employed in the same public-sector branch one year later. Using administrative individual-job data from Statistics Netherlands covering 2013–2022, we apply one-to-o...

Collective Bargaining in Germany: Trends and Challenges

This paper examines the evolution, institutional structure, and challenges of collective bargaining in Germany. Collective bargaining addresses labor market imperfections, redistributes productivity gains, and shapes working conditions. Germany's system centers on industry‐level agreements, complemented by firm‐level...