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Rigid Labour Compensation and Flexible Employment? Firm-Level Evidence with Regard to Productivity for Belgium

Fuss, Catherine - 2010

Using firm-level data for Belgium over the period 1997-2005, we evaluate the elasticity of firms' labor and real …

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Understanding Sectoral Differences in Downward Real Wage Rigidity : Workforce Composition, Institutions, Technology and Competition

Du Caju, Philip - 2009

) developed by Dickens and Goette (2006) and rely on a large administrative matched employer-employee data set for Belgium over …

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How do Exporters React to Changes in Cost Competitiveness?

Decramer, Stefaan - 2014

Policy-making institutions such as the European Commission, the ECB and the OECD often use unit labor costs as a measure of international competitiveness. The goal of this paper is to examine how well this measure is related to international export performance at the firm level. To this end, we...

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How Do Firms Adjust their Wage Bill in Belgium? A Decomposition Along the Intensive and Extensive Margins

Fuss, Catherine - 2021

net flows of employment. The analysis relies on an administrative employer-employee dataset of individual annual earnings … matched with firms' annual accounts for Belgium over the period 1997-2001. Results point to asymmetric behaviour depending on … economic conditions. On average, wage bill contractions result essentially from employment cuts in spite of wage increases …

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Downward Wage Rigidity for Different Workers and Firms : An Evaluation for Belgium Using the IWFP Procedure

Du Caju, Philip; Fuss, Catherine; Wintr, Ladislav - 2021

in Belgium over the period 1990-2002. Our results show that Belgium is characterised by strong real wage rigidity and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316725

Rigid labour compensation and flexible employment? Firm-level evidence with regard to productivity for Belgium

Fuss, Catherine; Wintr, Ladislav - 2009

Using firm-level data for Belgium over the period 1997-2005, we evaluate the elasticity of firms' labour and real …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605067

The response of firms‘ investment and financing to adverse cash flow shocks: the role of bank relationships

Fuss, Catherine; Vermeulen, Philip - 2006

We test whether firms with a single bank are better shielded from loss of credit and investment cuts in periods of adverse cash flow shocks than firms with multiple bank relationships. Our estimates of the cash flow sensitivity of investment show that both types of firms are equally subject to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604704

Downward wage rigidity for different workers and firms: an evaluation for Belgium using the IWFP procedure

Du Caju, Philip; Fuss, Catherine; Wintr, Ladislav - 2007

in Belgium over the period 1990-2002. Our results show that Belgium is characterised by strong real wage rigidity and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604886

How do firms adjust their wage bill in Belgium? A decomposition along the intensive and extensive margins

Fuss, Catherine - 2008

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604900

Understanding sectoral differences in downward real wage rigidity: workforce composition, institutions, technology and competition

Du Caju, Philip; Fuss, Catherine; Wintr, Ladislav - 2009

) developed by Dickens and Goette (2006) and rely on a large administrative matched employer-employee dataset for Belgium over the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605052