-13 on firm-level productivity in France, Italy and Spain. We show that relying on a single break date in 2008 misses both …-level productivity negatively, high-leverage firms suffer more from financial constraints only in Italy, when they are relatively small … productivity …

identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …

The process of matching between firms and workers is an important mechanism in determining the distribution of wages …. In a labor market characterised by large dispersion of workers' productivity and worker-firm complementarity, high …, and is associated with higher average productivity and firm profits, but also with higher wage dispersion. We also show …

differently in a host country's labor market, we examine employment and wages for these groups over time after arrival. There is … in employment rates than it is in wages. We also discuss how refugees are distinct in terms of other factors affecting …

establishment growth, vacancy filling and entry wages, we calibrate a model with directed search and ex-ante heterogeneous workers … response of vacancy filling to firm-level wages. We discuss the implications of this finding as well as potential resolutions …

. The value of this state is therefore a fundamental determinant of wages and, in turn, labor supply and job creation. We … measure the effect of changes in the value of nonemployment on wages in existing jobs and among job switchers. Our quasi … document that wages are insensitive to UI benefit levels: point estimates imply a wage response of less than $0.01 per $1.00 UI …