scholarly journals Real Wage Cyclicality in Germany and the UK: New Results Using Panel Data

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Peng ◽  
Stanley Siebert
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Real Wage ◽  
Wage Cyclicality ◽  
The Uk

Competition and Contestability in the UK Package Tour Industry: Some Econometric Observations

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Davies ◽  
Paul Downward
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Market Power ◽  
Power Efficiency ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Efficiency Hypothesis

This paper explores competition and contestability in the UK package tour industry. Using econometric analysis of a panel-data set evidence is presented that rules out the market power/efficiency hypothesis. In keeping with Evans and Stabler (1995), there is evidence that the industry is segmented according to the size of the firms. In contrast with Gratton and Richards (1997), the results suggest that it is difficult to support the contestability hypothesis in the industry overall. Future research needs to offer less generalized conclusions in characterizing the industry.

scholarly journals Changing dynamics in female employment around childbirth

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Dirk Vlasblom ◽  
Joop Schippers
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Uk

There is a strong effect of childbirth on female labour supply.This effect, however, is changing over time.This article uses panel data on the last two decades on three European countries (the Netherlands, Germany, the UK) to study changes in female labour force behaviour around childbirth and tries to find an explanation for these changes by looking at differences between the three countries.We conclude that there are substantial differences in participation patterns between the three countries in our study and that policy measures and institutions such as childcare that make the costs of combining work and family lower relative to being a full-time mother seem to increase female participation rates.

Models of the UK Economy and the Real Wage-Employment Debate

1985 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Andrews ◽  
D.N.F. Bell ◽  
P.G. Fisher ◽  
K.F. Wallis ◽  
J.D. Whitley
Keyword(s):  
Real Wage ◽  
Business School ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Direct Reduction ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
The Real ◽  
Implicit Model ◽  
Wage Employment ◽  
Type Of Exercise ◽  
The Uk

This article is an example of the type of exercise that is made possible by the existence of the set of UK models at Warwick. Using three quarterly models, those of the London Business School (LBS), the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT), and two annual models, those of the City University Business School (CUBS) and the Liverpool University Research Group in Macroeconomics (LPL), it considers the use, and possible abuse, of such models of the UK economy to illustrate the real wage—employment debate.In UK models real wages and employment are determined jointly and the article shows that the sign of the association between these two variables depends ore the nature of the shock which causes real wages to change. A common method of analysis is to perturb the endogenous real wage directly and although the results are quantitatively similar to those where the change to real wages results from a supply-side shock to the labour market, it is argued that such exercises are typically without foundation since no mechanism for achieving a direct reduction in real wages is put forward. Any implicit model which underpins the assumption of an exogenous shift in an endogenous variable needs to be stated clearly in order for the plausibility of the ‘intervention’ and resulting policy analysis to be assessed.

Minimum Wages and Supporting Wage Growth

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Real Wage ◽  
Wage Growth ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Central Question ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Household Incomes ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

This chapter addresses the central question of how governments can seek to underpin real wage growth for working households over time. It looks first at the role that minimum wages can play in supporting wages and household incomes in the middle as well as lower parts of the distribution. This is investigated through a simulation exercise looking at the impact of a substantial increase in the minimum wage in the UK, bringing out the broader lessons to be learned for rich countries. A variety of other routes through which policy might seek to support wage growth are then set out and discussed.

Charity donations in the UK: New evidence based on panel data

1995 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti Khanna ◽  
John Posnett ◽  
Todd Sandler
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Evidence

scholarly journals The UK Citizenship Process: Political Integration or Marginalization?

Sociology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bartram
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Integration ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Political Sphere ◽  
The Uk

The UK ‘citizenship process’ subjects immigrants to requirements ostensibly intended to enhance their identification with ‘British values’. Policy-makers suggest the policy will facilitate immigrants’ integration: as they learn about ‘life in the UK’, they will become better able to understand and navigate core institutions. Many external observers, by contrast, believe that the requirements exacerbate immigrants’ marginalization. I use panel data from ‘Understanding Society’ to investigate political participation among non-citizen immigrants at Wave 1, comparing those who became citizens by Wave 6 to those who remained non-citizens. Those who became citizens subsequently reported lower interest in politics, relative to those who remained non-citizens; in addition, they were not more likely to be active in organizations (e.g. political parties and trade unions). These findings reinforce the concerns of critics: the UK citizenship policy appears to do more to alienate new citizens than it does to facilitate their integration in the political sphere.

scholarly journals Neoliberal trends in collective bargaining and employment regulation in Spain, Italy and the UK: From institutional forms to institutional outcomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martí López-Andreu
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Term Trend ◽  
Common Trend ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Long Term Trend

This article discusses the effect of neoliberal trends in employment regulation during the 2008 recession. Liberalization in employment institutions is a long-term trend reinforced by the implementation of austerity policies. I use EU-SILC panel data to discuss these trends in Spain, Italy and the UK in three periods: before the crisis (2004–2007), during the crisis (2007–2010) and under austerity (2010–2013). Although liberalization reforms interacted with the existing institutional architectures, I find a common trend towards greater employer discretion. Crucially, this trend in institutional outcomes appears in countries with different formal institutional characteristics in employment and collective bargaining.

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