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representative sample of French establishments, we first show that family firms pay on average lower wages to their workers. We find … between the family/non-family gaps in wages and job security. …
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associated with higher job mobility. At firm level, there seems to be a trade-off between wages and job stability: High …-wage firms tend to be low-tenure firms, which suggests that low job stability may be compensated by higher wages. High …
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unobserved firm characteristics affecting the average level and trend growth of wages. These controls have little effect on the …
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18 studies using data from 20 highly developed, developing, and less developed countries document that average wages in …
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wages by examining the case of Canada. Previous studies from the US, using individual level data, have revealed that annual …
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We use longitudinal linked employer-employee data and find that the probability of participating in firm-sponsored classroom training diminishes rapidly for workers aged 45 years and older. Although the standard human capital investment model predicts such a decline, we also consider the...
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inequality between permanent and contract workers, since contract workers earn substantially lower wages than their counterpart …
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rates and the share of temporary contracts is established. The bargaining hypothesis that job security and wages are … hypothesis is contrasted with Rosen’s theory of equalising differences where security and wages are substitutes. The empirical … insecurity and wages significantly negative level effects are found for Germany with some evidence for those in the UK. There is …
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We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular … significant reduction in wages as materials offshoring increases, while permanent workers' wages are unaffected or even tend to … effects on either wages or employment probabilities in manufacturing. In the service industries, workers are affected in terms …
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This paper uses a linked employer-employee dataset, the National Employment Survey, to examine the determinants of organisational change and employee resistance to change and, specifically, to examine the influence of employee inflexibility on the implementation of firm-level policies aimed at...
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