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dc.contributor.authorDestefanis, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorMastromatteo, Giuseppe
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-08T14:14:39Z
dc.date.available2019-11-08T14:14:39Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationDestefanis, S. and Mastromatteo, G. (2006). “Inequality and labour-market performance. A survey beyond an elusive trade-off”. DISES Working Paper 3.176, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche.it_IT
dc.identifier.issn1971-3029it_IT
dc.identifier.urihttp://elea.unisa.it:8080/xmlui/handle/10556/3858
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14273/unisa-2080
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we assess the evolution of employment and wage inequality in Europe and the US labour markets over the past two decades. We find that the salient trends in wage structures are more complicated than implied by the so-called “unified theory”. Furthermore there is no clear cross-country correlation between changes in wage and employment rates by skill categories. This brings us to consider in detail other factors mentioned in the literature as contributing to poor labour-market performance in Europe. We find that strong unions, a factor often believed to bring about wage compression and poor labour-market performance, are not necessarily associated with the latter when bargaining is sufficiently coordinated. We also find that successful welfare reforms can bring about considerable improvements in performance without much impact on inequality. Finally we point out that the role of industrial structure and of the housing sector cannot be neglected when explaining cross-country labour-market performance.it_IT
dc.format.extent56 p.it_IT
dc.language.isoenit_IT
dc.relation.ispartofWorking Papers ; 3.176it_IT
dc.sourceUniSa. Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneoit_IT
dc.subjectCross-Country labour-market comparisonsit_IT
dc.subjectWage inequalityit_IT
dc.subjectLabour- market institutionsit_IT
dc.subjectProduct-market institutionsit_IT
dc.titleInequality and labour-market performance. A survey beyond an elusive trade-offit_IT
dc.typeWorking Paperit_IT
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