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We investigate wage differences between newly hired and incumbent employees. We show in a formal model that when … employees care for wages as well as match-specific utility, incumbents earn less than new recruits if and only if firm …
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We use longitudinal data from the 1984 through 2007 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine how occupational status is related to the health transitions of 30 to 59 year-old U.S. males. A recent history of blue-collar employment predicts a substantial increase in the probability...
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Using longitudinal employer-employee data spanning over a 22-year period, we compare age-wage and age-productivity profiles and find that productivity increases until the age range of 50-54, whereas wages peak around the age 40-44. At younger ages, wages increase in line with productivity gains...
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This paper addresses the applicability of the theory of equalizing differences (Rosen, 1987) in a market in which temporary and permanent workers co-exist. The assumption of perfect competition in the labour market is directly questioned and a model is developed in which the labour market is...
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heath-impaired employees. Health impaired employees are found to be less satisfied according to all job satisfaction … show that health impaired employees' job satisfaction is affected more than healthy employees' job satisfaction by adverse … mental health symptoms (life dissatisfaction). Finally, health impaired employees are found to become more satisfied with …
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We study how managers value applicant credentials and personal traits in hiring decisions. Using the ordered probit model, we confirm previous results -managers rank applicant traits higher than credentials. However, we also uncover patterns not previously observed - managerial valuations of...
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This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...
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This paper presents a model in which promotion of employees within the internal firm hierarchy is determined by the … the employer's knowledge (information) regarding the employees' productivity levels on the total time spent by the workers …
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without works councils. In contrast to other studies, we use assessments by the management concerning the existence of such … to interfere with the management are more likely to suffer from overemployment but do not differ in the likelihood of … management, however, do not differ from establishments without a works council with regard to the likelihood of overemployment …
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employees, using administrative records. In Denmark and several other European countries, firms are obliged to cover the first … probability to return back to work from sickness is much higher in insured firms. These results suggest that employees in insured …
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