This paper characterises establishments that pay higher seniority wages than their competitors. It tests whether … seniority wages are paid on the basis of agency, human capital or efficiency wage considerations. A representative linked … employeremployee panel and an innovative two-step estimation strategy are used to first calculate individual seniority wages taking …

This paper jointly analyses the consequences of adverse selection and signalling on entry wages of skilled employees … job applicants based on apprenticeship wages. It shows that post-apprenticeship employer changers are a negative selection … from the training firms’ point of view. Negative selection leads to lower average wages of employer changersin the first …

seniority wages. This paper uses linked employeremployee data, aggregates individual seniority wages to the establishment level … paper finds that establishments with stronger seniority wages have a higher tenure but hire less older employees. …

This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer …