This paper considers the role mergers and acquisitions have on employment. First, it considers the importance of different aspects of compensation policy and human resource management practices for distinguishing acquired and acquiring firms. Second, it examines which individuals from which...

Does the choice between a general and a technical/professional education determine the quality of the labor market network that an individual will be able to exploit throughout his or her professional life? This paper examines the hypothesis that technical and professional tracks, because they...

We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of changes in the real minimum wage rate on an individual's employment status. We focus on workers employed at wages close enough to the minimum in a reference year as to be illegal...