productivity but the combination of IT and decentralization does not yield a productivity premium. Contrarily, for the sample of … larger firms, the results show that the productivity of IT depends positively on decentralization. The findings suggest that …

-segment variation of the estimated effects is mostly driven by firm productivity levels rather than by search frictions or the …

differences in wages between workers in covered and uncovered firms arise from the non-random selection of workers and firms into …

This paper measures the productivity impact of management-led participative establishment practices. On the basis of a … reduction of hierarchies and autonomous work groups in 1997 significantly increases average establishment productivity in 1997 … productivity effect can only be measured in establishments with works councils, i.e. employee induced participation. The estimation …

Graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are usually found to have higher wages and a … overqualification and wages in a causal way, since individuals choosing these subjects might differ systematically in unobserved … differences in the risk of overqualification and wages when STEM graduates are compared to the Business & Law group, while it …

development as well as productivity and firm performance. Eventually, the survey does not only allow the identification of main …

This paper jointly analyses the consequences of adverse selection and signalling on entry wages of skilled employees …. It uses German linked employer employee panel data (LIAB) and introduces a measure for relative productivity of skilled … job applicants based on apprenticeship wages. It shows that post-apprenticeship employer changers are a negative selection …

comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive …. -- Locus of control ; wages ; latent factor model ; data set combination …