Did European Labor Markets Become More Competitive in the 1990s? Evidence from Estimated Worker Rents

Gilles Saint-Paul ()

No 1067, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: This paper analyses the evolution of quantitative measures of employee rents in Europe during the nineties, using the European Household Panel Survey. One looks at two class of measures: wage differentials between workers along industry and firm size dimensions, and estimated welfare differences between employed and unemployed using a model of labor market transitions. The results are largely negative; there is robust evidence of falling rents during that period only in Ireland.

Keywords: unemployment; insiders; rents; labour market flexibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D3 E24 J3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004-03
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Working Paper: Did European Labour Markets Become More Competitive in the 1990's? Evidence from Estimated Worker Rents (2004)
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