This case study exploits matched firm–employee Tunisian data in order to underline the role played by within-firm human capital in worker remuneration. The estimated returns to human capital in wage equations remain unchanged when the dummies representing firm heterogeneity are replaced in the...

Using a substitution property of worker’s types (productivity and time preference), we propose an explanation for both fixed-wages and wage differentials. Fixed-wages result in bunching at the optimum. Equally productive workers with different time preference accept different wages.

In this paper, we consider a model of on-the-job learning where workers learn informally by watching and imitating colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using three matched worker-firm data sets from Benin, Morocco and Senegal. We rely on non-linear least...

We study the relationship between wages, human capital accumulation and work organisation in Morocco using matched worker-firm data for Metallurgical-electrical and Textile-clothing firms. While wages are found to rise with all human capital characteristics, returns to education and experience...

The authors examine wages and working conditions in meat processing and confectionery in France. Working there may not require much skill, or command good wages and working conditions, but this article reveals a more complex, positive situation than expected, thanks to the "French model's"...

After introducing a definition of knowledge, we explain causes the emergence of knowledge based problems in firms. We structure this field through two dimensions : - material base nature of knowledge : human or formal - levels of knowledge management : creation, capitalization and transfert....

La liberté de choix offerte par l’ensemble de choix d’un agent sur l’espace temps-revenu semble offrir une définition plus convaincante du niveau de vie que les définitions traditionnelles. Dans le prolongement d’un résultat de Pattanaik et Xu nous proposons dans cette note une...