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It's Where You Work: Increases in Earnings Dispersion across Establishments and Individuals in the US

Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Davis, James C.; Freeman, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

This paper links data on establishments and individuals to analyze the role of establishments in the increase in inequality that has become a central topic in economic analysis and policy debate. It decomposes changes in the variance of ln earnings among individuals into the part due to changes...

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Why Are Migrants Paid More?

Bryson, Alex; Rossi, Giambattista; Simmons, Rob - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

domestic workers to reflect differences in labour productivity. However, using panel data on worker-firm matches in a single … only partially accounted for by individual labour productivity. We show that the differential partly reflects the superstar …

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All-Star or Benchwarmer? Relative Age, Cohort Size and Career Success in the NHL

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Zhang, Tingting - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as a function of the demographic conditions into which they were born. We have three main findings. First, larger birth cohorts substantially affect careers. A player born into a...

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Employee Voice and Private Sector Workplace Outcomes in Britain, 1980-2004

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Kretschmer, Tobias; Willman, P - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

, especially in the case of union voice. Union voice is also associated with greater workplace conflict and poorer productivity …

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Do Salaries Improve Worker Performance?

Bryson, Alex; Buraimo, Babatunde; Simmons, Rob - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010

We establish the effects of salaries on worker performance by exploiting a natural experiment in which some workers in a particular occupation (football referees) switch from short-term contracts to salaried contracts. Worker performance improves among those who move onto salaried contracts...

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