Purpose – The paper aims to introduce the special issue of IJM , a collection of papers that were originally presented at the 88 th Applied Econometrics Association Conference. Design/methodology/approach – Provides a general outline of the focus of the issue. Findings – The conference...

Purpose – This paper analyses the magnitude and sources of the firm‐size wage premium in the Belgian private sector. Design/methodology/approach – Using a unique matched employer‐employee data set, our empirical strategy is based on the estimation of a standard Mincer wage equation. We...

Purpose – This paper aims to measure and analyse the wage gap between male part‐ and full‐timers in the private sector of six European countries, i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Using a unique matched employer‐employee data set...

This paper introduces the Special Issue on competitive versus non‐competitive wage differentials, a collection of papers originally presented at the 79th Conference of the Applied Econometrics Association held in Brussels in May 2002.

Introduces a collection of papers originally presented at the 79th Applied Econometrics Association Conference which was organised with the specific aim of stimulating discussion on the “econometrics of wages”. Topics of particular focus include gender wage gaps and wage discrimination. The...

Purpose – This paper aims to measure and analyse the wage gap between male part- and full-timers in the private sector of six European countries, i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Using a unique matched employer-employee data set...

Purpose – This paper aims to measure and analyse the wage gap between male part- and full-timers in the private sector of six European countries, i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Using a unique matched employer-employee data set...

The 88th Applied Economics Asociation Conference was organized with the specific aim of stimulating discussion on the "Econometrics of Labor Demand". Various sessions have in particular focused in HRM and Job Performance Incentives. The collection of papers in this e-book, originally presented...

This study investigates, on the basis of a unique combination of two large‐scale data sets, how rent sharing interacts with the gender wage gap in the Belgian private sector. Empirical findings show that individual gross hourly wages are significantly and positively related to firm...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on work organization, performance and health. Design/methodology/approach – The authors provide a general review of the literature and describe the main findings of the papers appearing in this special issue. Findings –...