fully revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2006, 13 (3), 387-404
This study compares wage mobility in Portugal and the UK, replicating the work by Dickens
(2000) and progressing to discuss the impact of differences in the institutional framework,
which is more regulated and centralized in Portugal, with minimum wages, employment
protection, and collective bargaining widely applied. Results indicate that both countries
became more unequal and less mobile labour markets, having departed from similar levels in
mid-80s. The evidence does not support the idea that a more regulated institutional
framework reduces individual mobility within the wage distribution.
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