The (Unexpected) Structure of "Rents" on the French and British Labour Markets

Andrew Clark and Claudia Senik ()

No 1438, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper considers the allocation of labour on the French and British markets, using objective wage and subjective satisfaction data. We show that, in some sectors, workers enjoy both higher wages and higher job satisfaction. We argue that this reflects labour market wage rents. Perhaps surprisingly, wage rents are typical of the British public sector and permanent contracts, but not of their French counterparts. In France, such rents are found in full-time, rather than part-time jobs. Hence, the data provide little support for the usual a priori that the French labour market is structured along insider-outsider model lines, whereby wage rents are captured by the insiders of the public sector to the detriment of the private sector. However, they do suggest that part-time employment is involuntary to a far greater extent in France than in Great Britain.

Keywords: public sector; self-employment; wages; job satisfaction; permanent; full-time; rents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C30 J28 J31 J41 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2004-12
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Published - published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35 (2), 180-196

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