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New Technologies, Wages and Worker Selection

Entorf, Horst; Gollac, Michel; Kramarz, Francis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

We study the impact of new technologies (NT) on wages and employment using a unique panel that matches data on …

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Employed 40 Hours or Not Employed 39: Lessons from the 1982 Mandatory Reduction of the Workweek

Crépon, Bruno; Kramarz, Francis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We use longitudinal individual wage, hours, and employment data to investigate the effect of the February 1, 1982 mandatory reduction of weekly working hours in France. Just after François Mitterrand's election in May 1981, the government decided to increase the minimum wage by 5%. Then, as...

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Wages and International Trade

Kramarz, Francis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

In this Paper, I present direct micro-econometric evidence of the relation between individual wages of French workers …’ wages not only comes from movements in the quasi-rent induced by competitive pressures but also from alterations of workers … my results, I find a bargaining power below 0.20. I also show that workers’ wages deteriorate through competitive …

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Product Quality and Worker Quality

Abowd, John M; Kramarz, Francis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

We study the relation between product quality and worker quality using an economic model that, under certain conditions, provides a direct link between product price, product quality and work-force quality. Our measures of product quality are the evolution in the detailed product price relative...

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