between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time and sex. Findings suggest that … part-timers is associated with wage penalties. The authors conclude that men and women differ with respect to motives for …

of wage dispersion, the incentive effects of "tournaments" dominate (are dominated by) "fairness" considerations …This paper investigates the impact of wage dispersion on firm productivity in different working environments. More …-shaped relationship between (conditional) wage dispersion and firm productivity. This result suggests that up to (beyond) a certain level …

, wage and productivity in the Belgian private sector. More precisely, we examine how changes in the proportions of young (16 … presence of productivity-wage gaps. Results (robust to various potential econometric issues, including unobserved firm …

workers born in developed countries benefit from positive wage returns to their years of attained-, required and over … results show that the wage return to a year of over-education is positive but lower than that to a year of required education …. This suggests that over-educated workers suffer a wage penalty compared to their well-matched former classmates (i …

This paper analyses the wage effects of educational mismatch by workers' origin using a sizeable, detailed matched … that over-educated workers, regardless of their origin, suffer a wage penalty compared to their well-matched former … classmates. However, the magnitude of this wage penalty is found to vary considerably depending on workers' origin. In addition …

We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using … industries. Overall, findings do not point to sizeable productivity-wage gaps except for age diversity. …

This paper investigates inter-industry wage differentials in Belgium, taking advantage of access to a unique matched … employer-employee data set covering the period 1995-2002. Findings show the existence of large and persistent wage … hypothesis that workers with better unmeasured abilities are over-represented in high-wage sectors may not be rejected on the …

, wage cost and cost competitiveness (i.e. its productivity-wage gap). To do so, we use detailed linked employer … of covariates, establishment fixed effects and endogeneity. Thus, our results suggest that wage cost and productivity …

, wage cost and cost competitiveness (i.e. its productivity-wage gap). To do so, we use detailed linked employer … of covariates, establishment fixed effects and endogeneity. Thus, our results suggest that wage cost and productivity …

unfairly rewarded. Quantile decompositions further show that these differences in wage premia account for a substantial part of … the gender wage gap, especially at the top of the earnings' distribution. …