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Kangasniemi, Mari; Kauhanen, Antti - 2011

We study the impact of performance-related pay (PRP) on gender wage differences using Finnish linked employer-employee panel data. Controlling for unobserved person and firm effects, we find that bonuses increase women's earnings slightly less than men's, but the economic significance of the...

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The perils of altering incentive plans: A case study

Kauhanen, Antti - 2011

This paper studies a retail chain that introduced a sales incentive plan that rewarded for exceeding a sales target and subsequently cut the incentive intensity in addition to increasing the target. Utilizing monthly panel data for 54 months for all 53 units of the chain the paper shows that the...

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The incidence and determinants of employee involvement: Evidence from the Finnish manufacturing sector

Jones, Derek C.; Kalmi, Panu; Kato, Takao; Mäkinen, Mikko - 2008

In this paper, we present preliminary empirical findings on the incidence of employee involvement practices in the Finnish manufacturing sector. The novel survey on EI practices is based on a representative random sample from the population of the Finnish manufacturing firms who had 50 or more...

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Worker inflow, outflow, and churning

Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Maliranta, Mika - 2003

, whereas plants with large within-plant variation in wages have high turnover. Average tenure of employees has a negative …

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CEO compensation, firm size and firm performance: Evidence from Finnish panel data

Mäkinen, Mikko - 2007

This paper examines how CEO pay is related to firm size and to firm performance in Finland by using new individual …

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Profit sharing in Finland: Earnings and productivity effects

Kauhanen, Antti; Piekkola, Hannu - 2002

-13% higher wages after controlling for the observable characteristics of the employees (3% for white-collar and 13% for blue …

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The determinants of stock option compensation: Evidence from Finland

Jones, Derek C.; Kalmi, Panu; Mäkinen, Mikko - 2004

A new, long and rich panel data set consisting of all Finnish publicly traded firms is used to study how firm characteristics and stock market developments influence the adoption and targeting of stock option compensation. Stock option adoption is found to be a pro-cyclical phenomenon. Findings...

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Förändrade arbetsmarknadsförhållanden för högre utbildade? En studie av forskarutbildade i Finland 1990 - 2004

Stén, Susanna - 2009

complicated. The thesis uses the Finnish Longitudinal Employer- Employee Data (FLEED) that is maintained by Statistics Finland … differences between the firms employing postgraduate degree holders and the average firm in Finland. Moreover, the return to …

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Profit sharing and unemployment: An approach with bargaining and efficiency wage effects

Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - 2003

We offer a unified framework to analyze the determination of employment, employee effort, wages and profit sharing when …

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Cost competitiveness of Chinese and Finnish fabricated metal industries

Li, Enjing; Suni, Paavo; Zhao, Yanyun - 2008

This study focuses on the labour cost competitiveness of fabricated metal industry in China and Finland in particular … world manufacturing volume was only 3 per cent in 2000-2006. Nominal wages as such do not imply good international … competitiveness. Chinese wages are, however, low even if their low labour productivity is taken into account and costs per unit of …

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