Search Results - subject:"Matched Employer–Employee Data"

Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms

Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of … - 2009

In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...

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Female hires and the success of start-up firms

Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - 2009

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Competition and gender prejudice : are discriminatory employers doomed to fail?

Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - 2009

longitudinal matched employer-employee data set from Austria. Our results show that firms with strong preferences for …

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Inter-industry wage differentials : how much does rent sharing matter?

Du Caju, Philip; Ryckx, François; Tojerow, Ilan - 2009

employer-employee data set covering all the years from 1999 to 2005. Findings show the existence of large wage differentials …, workers earn significantly higher wages when employed in more profitable firms. The time dimension of our matched employer-employee …This paper investigates inter-industry wage differentials in Belgium, taking advantage of access to a unique matched …

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

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

This paper examines whether differences in wage rigidity across sectors can be explained by differences in workforce composition, competition, technology and wage-bargaining institutions. We adopt the measure of downward real wage rigidity (DRWR) developed by Dickens and Goette (2006) and rely...

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Exporters and wage inequality during the Great Recession : evidence from Germany

Dauth, Wolfgang; Schmerer, Hans-Jörg; Winkler, Erwin - In: Economics letters 136 (2015), pp. 137-140

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Exporters and wage inequality during the Great Recession : evidence from Germany

Dauth, Wolfgang; Schmerer, Hans-Jörg; Winkler, Erwin - 2015

We analyze the evolution of the exporter wage premium (EWP) during the Great Recession and the resulting impact on wage inequality in Germany. Our results show that the EWP declined sharply between 2007 and 2008 and stagnated afterwards. This pattern is due to exporters starting to adjust their...

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Work-life balance practices and the gender gap in job satisfaction in the UK: evidence from matched employer-employee data

Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Fernández, Rosa M. - 2008

This paper examines the role of work-life balance practices (WLB) in explaining the paradox of the contented female worker. After establishing that females report higher levels of job satisfaction than men in the UK, we test whether firm characteristics such as WLB and gender segregation boost...

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Rent-sharing and the cyclicality of wage differentials

Du Caju, Philip; Rycx, François; Tojerow, Ilan - 2008

significantly higher wages when employed in more profitable firms. The time dimension of our matched employer-employee data allows … employer-employee data set covering all the years from 1999 to 2005. Findings show the existence of large wage differentials …This paper investigates inter-industry wage differentials in Belgium, taking advantage of access to a unique matched …

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Wage differentials across sectors in Europe: an east-west comparison

Magda, Iga; Rycx, François; Tojerow, Ilan; Valsamis, … - 2008

This study compares the structure and determinants of inter-industry wage differentials in Eastern and Western European countries (namely Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain compared with Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia). To do so, we use a...

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