TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Saint-Paul, Gilles
        TI  - Did European Labor Markets Become More Competitive in the 1990s? Evidence from Estimated Worker Rents
        PY  - 2004/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1067
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1067
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - rents
KW  - insiders
KW  - unemployment
KW  - labour market flexibility
        ER  -