This paper explores performance measurement in incentive plans. Based on theory, we argue that differences in the nature of jobs between blue- and white-collar employees lead to differences in incentive systems. We find that performance measurement for white-collar workers is broader in terms of...

We examine gender differences in careers using a large linked employer-employee dataset on Finnish white-collar manufacturing workers over the period of 1981-2006. Our focus is on labour market entrants whom we follow over time. We find that men start their careers from higher ranks of the...

We study career and wage dynamics within and between firms using a large linked employer-employee panel dataset spanning 26 years. We construct six-level hierarchies for more than 5,000 firms. We replicate most of the analyses from Baker, Gibbs and Holmström (Quarterly Journal of Economics,...

The paper compares the gender wage differentials of two occupation groups - innovation and non-innovation workers - separately for manufacturing and services using Finnish private-sector data. We apply a decomposition method based on unconditional quantile regression techniques to identify key...

This paper compares the effects of intangible capital on wage formation among white-collar manufacturing workers using comparative data from three European countries: the Czech Republic, Finland and Norway. The analysis is undertaken in two steps. First, we explore the wage differentials and the...

Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan naisten ja miesten välisiä ammatillisia eroja Suomen yksityisellä sektorilla vuosina 1995–2004 käyttäen Tilastokeskuksen palkkarakennetilastoa. Tutkimustulokset osoittavat, että sukupuolten ammatilliset erot ovat Suomessa suuret. Segregaation aste on...

In Finnish manufacturing, the gender wage gap more than doubles during the first ten years in the labor market. This paper studies the factors contributing to the gender gap in early-career wage growth. The analysis shows that the size of the gender gap in wage growth varies with mobility status...

Naisten miehiä suurempi vastuu perhevelvoitteiden osalta mainitaan usein yhtenä tärkeänä tekijänä sukupuolten palkkaerojen taustalla. Tästä huolimatta taloustieteellistä tutkimusta, jossa oltaisiin perehdytty niihin mekanismeihin, joiden välityksellä perheasema mahdollisesti...

Using data from the Finnish private sector, this paper shows that giving birth to a child has negative effects on the mother’s wage. Analysis of the reasons for the wage penalty associated with motherhood suggests that the loss of human capital during the child-related career break is an...

This descriptive paper investigates occupational segregation by gender during the 1980s and 1990s among white-collar workers in the Finnish manufacturing. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between education and segregation. Also the question how segregation evolves with work...