International Journal of Manpower: Volume 33 Issue 8

Minimum wage effects on employment and wages: dif‐in‐dif estimates from eastern China

Jing Wang, Morley Gunderson

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of minimum wages on employment and wages in China.

Resisting the crisis: short‐time work in Germany

Andreas Crimmann, Frank Wießner, Lutz Bellmann

After a brief glance at the global labour market after the financial meltdown the paper aims to explain some general mechanisms of short‐time work in Germany. Furthermore it seeks…

Men's sexual orientation and job satisfaction

Nick Drydakis

This study seeks to investigate the differences in three aspects of job satisfaction – total pay, promotion prospects, and respect received from one's supervisor – between male…

Occupational selection in multilingual labor markets: the case of Catalonia

Núria Quella, Silvio Rendon

The purpose of this paper is to measure the effect that knowing the Catalan language has on individuals’ comparative advantage to perform certain jobs in Catalonia (Spain), where…

Commitment to employees, labor intensity, and labor productivity in small firms: A non‐linear approach

Vicente Roca‐Puig, Inmaculada Beltrán‐Martín, Mercedes Segarra‐Ciprés

The purpose of this study is to analyze the potential existence of a concave downward curve between organizational commitment to employees (OCE) and labor productivity in small…

Acknowledgement of reviewers