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Wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry

Agudelo, Sonia A.; Sala, Hector - 2015

We show that wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry is not fundamentally driven by labor productivity in …

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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : evidence from quantile regressions

Wagner, Joachim; Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Using quantile regressions and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants, this paper reports that the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee. It emerges that the positive and statistically...

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Exports and productivity growth : first evidence from a continuous treatment approach

Fryges, Helmut (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2007

A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible reason for this result is that most previous studies are...

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The impact of growth, labour cost and working time on employment : lessons from the French experience

L'Horty, Yannick (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Dispersion in dispersion: measuring establishment-level differences in productivity

Cunningham, Cindy; Foster, Lucia; Grim, Cheryl; … - 2021

information on aggregate productivity growth. Yet, a large body of research shows that within-industry variation in productivity … across businesses, even within narrowly defined industries. These differences vary by industry and time and are related to … statistics providing this level of detail, BLS and the Census Bureau partnered to create measures of within-industry productivity …

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Performance pay and enterprise productivity : the details matter

Kato, Takao; Kauhanen, Antti - 2018

Much of the empirical literature on PRP (Performance Related Pay) focuses on a question of whether the firm can increase firm performance in general and enterprise productivity in particular by introducing PRP and if so, how much. However, not all PRP programs are created equal and PRP programs...

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Employer cooperation, productivity, and wages : new evidence from inter-firm formal network agreements

Devicienti, Francesco; Grinza, Elena; Manello, Alessandro; … - 2022

both firms and workers. The estimation of rent-sharing equations, as well as other tests that exploit unionization data …

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Empirical findings on the Swiss migration experience

Golder, Stefan M.; Straubhaar, Thomas - 1999

Switzerland has experienced a substantial influx of immigrants over the last 50 years after World War II, which has led Switzerland to have among the highest share of foreigners in population among all OECD countries. This paper analyses the migration experience of Switzerland. The analysis...

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The skill complementarity of broadband internet

Akerman, Anders; Gaarder, Ingvil; Mogstad, Magne - 2013

Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data with firm-level information on value added, factor inputs and broadband adoption to answer these questions....

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Does minimum wage increase labor productivity? : evidence from piece rate workers

Ku, Hyejin - 2020

We examine worker effort as a potential margin of adjustment to a minimum wage hike using unique data on piece rate workers who perform a homogenous task and whose individual output is rigorously recorded. By employing a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits the increase in Florida's...

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