18 studies using data from 20 highly developed, developing, and less developed countries document that average wages in … trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia …

Using a linked employer–employee data set for Germany, this paper analyses wage setting in a cohort of newly founded … and other establishments from 1997 to 2001. While theory provides alternative explanations for higher or lower wages in … newly founded firms, we show empirically that start-ups tend to pay lower wages, ceteris paribus. On average, wages in newly …

Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …

setting due to labor cost and straitjacket effects. As firms in Germany are allowed to choose their wage formation regime, we … test these two hypotheses with representative establishment data for West Germany. We find that establishments with …

find that spinoffs are less likely to exit than other startups. We show that in West and East Germany and in all sectors …