Barry, Frank(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1989-04)
In this paper a sector-specific disturbance generates unemployment that co-exists with relatively high wages in the adversely-affected industry. Previous analyses have interpreted this unemployment as "classical" in nature, ...
Moore, Michael J.(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1983-11)
The Barro-Grossman/Malinvaud model is extended to include two factors of production: skilled labour with a flexible price and unskilled labour with an exogenously determined money wage. A number of simple diagrams are ...
Based on the methodology of Beaudry and DiNardo (1991), this paper investigates the relative importance of the spot market and implicit contracts in the determination of British real wages. Empirical work is carried out ...
Based on the methodology of Beaudry and DiNardo (1991), this paper investigates the
relative importance of the spot market and implicit contracts in the determination of British real wages. Empirical work is carried out ...
Ó Murchú, Alvin(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2002-12)
The effect of changes in payroll taxes on wages is a question of tax incidence. If workers can shift the burden of taxation onto employers, in the form of higher wages, we may expect increases in unemployment. This paper ...
We use panel data to examine the empirical determinants of the reservation wage– in
particular the influence of previous wages– and consider what this implies for the evolution of
the natural rate of unemployment. We ...
Hogan, Vincent (Vincent Peter)(University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2003-04)
The reservation wage is an integral part of most theories of involuntary unemployment. We use panel data to examine the empirical determinants of the reservation wage - in particular the influence of previous wages - and ...