The aim of this paper is twofold. First, to document the use and the diffusion of the "new" compensation and work organisation practices in Danish private sector firms and second, to examine how and why firms differ regarding the adoption of different schemes. The analysis is based on a detailed...

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, to document the use and the diffusion of the “new” <p> compensation and work organisation practices in Danish private sector firms and second, to <p> examine how and why firms differ regarding the adoption of different schemes. The analysis is <p> based on a...</p></p></p>

This paper is a study of the function of appointments of referred workers as a way of motivating employees. Earlier research has stressed out that infromation about the ability of the referred applicant can explain why appointments through contacts are made. In this paper it is shown that it can...

It is a well-known fact that temporary agency workers have to accept high pay penalties. However, remarkably little is known about the remuneration of workers who are frequently employed in this sector or who are employed for a substantial length of time. Based on a rich administrative data set,...

High-performance work practices are frequently considered to have positive eects on corporate performance, but what do they do for employees? After showing that organizational innovation is indeed positively associated with rm performance, we investigate whether high-involvement work practices...

This paper develops a hedonic model of job security (JS). Workers with heterogeneous JS-preferences pay the hedonic price for JS to employers, who incur labor-hoarding costs from supplying JS. In contrast to the Wage-Bill Argument, equilibrium unemployment is strictly positive, as workers with...

We test predictions from theories of tournament, fairness and tastes for skewness <p> about the effects of pay spread and skewness on employee effort and firm <p> productivity. The data come from the population of 6,501 medium-to-large sized <p> Danish private sector firms matched with all their...</p></p></p>

In this paper, we analyze the timing of promotions in academic departments. Contrary to previous attempts in the empirical literature, we test <p> alternative theories of fast tracks by adding a measure of performance in <p> our analysis. We find that learning from past performance is an important <p>...</p></p></p>

To reduce unemployment targeted hiring subsidies for long-term unemployed are often recommended. To explore their effect on employment and wages, we devise a model with two types of unemployed and two methods of search, a public employment service (PES) and random search. The eligibility of a...

We test predictions from theories of tournament, fairness and tastes for skewness about the effects of pay spread and skewness on employee effort and firm productivity. The data come from the population of 6,501 medium-to-large sized Danish private sector firms matched with all their employees...