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Firms and labor market inequality : evidence and some theory
Card, David E.; Cardoso, Ana Rute; Heining, Jörg; … - 2016
fields that standard measures of productivity – like output per worker or total factor productivity – vary substantially … productivity across firms mirror the trends in the wage inequality across workers. Two distinct literatures have searched for a … productivity. Studies that focus on firm-specific productivity shocks and control for the non-random sorting of workers to more and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455793
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Active labor market programs : employment gain or fiscal drain?
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - 2012
This paper provides a new perspective by classifying active labor market programs (ALMPs) depending on their main objectives and their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide: (i) incentives for retaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629027
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The econometrics and economics of the employment effects of minimum wages : getting from known unknowns to known knowns
Neumark, David - 2018
I discuss the econometrics and the economics of past research on the effects of minimum wages on employment in the United States. My intent is to try to identify key questions raised in the recent literature, and some from the earlier literature, which I think hold the most promise for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951531
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The GED
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - 2010
The General Educational Development (GED) credential is issued on the basis of an eight hour subject-based test. The test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college and positions in the labor market. In 2008 alone, almost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969747
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Modern models of monopsony in labor markets : a brief survey
Ashenfelter, Orley; Farber, Henry S.; Ransom, Michael R. - 2010
This brief survey contains a review of several new empirical papers that attempt to measure the extent of monopsony in labor markets. As noted originally by Joan Robinson, monopsonistic exploitation represents the gap between the value of a worker's marginal product and the worker's wage, and it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959985
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The empirics of agglomeration economies
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Gobillon, Laurent - 2014
density on productivity but we also consider many other local determinants supported by theory. Empirical issues are then … addressed. Most important concerns are about endogeneity at the local and individual levels, the choice of a productivity … of local determinants of productivity, employment, and firms' locations choices are surveyed for both developed and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410395
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A primer on the 35-hour in France, 1997 - 2007
Askenazy, Philippe (contributor) - 2008
creation or productivity, labor relations or adaptation of firms to regulation. This paper provides a primer for researchers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666478
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Measuring organizational capital in the new economy
Black, Sandra E. (contributor); Lynch, Lisa M. (contributor) - 2005
recent empirical work on the impact of organizational capital on firm productivity and workers' wages. We then discuss in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002691057
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Worker cooperatives and democratic governance
Pencavel, John H. - 2012
A worker co-operative is a firm that is owned and managed by those who work in it. This paper provides a selective review of research in economics on worker cooperatives. It concentrates on the volatility of earnings and employment in the co-ops compared with conventional capitalist firms; on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009631451