This paper proposes a new empirical method to measure the gap between wage and productivity of workers. Our method aggregates Mincer-type human capital function of all workers of a firm and obtains the total labor input. We put it into the Cobb-Douglas production function and estimate the...

Non-Compete Agreements (NCAs) restrict workers from joining or forming rival companies, which impacts labor market dynamics. Theoretical perspectives on NCAs are varied: they can lead to increased employer investment and higher wages by reducing labor turnover, or they might simply raise wages...

The introduction of team-based flexible production system substantially enhanced productivity and product quality at some progressive plants which adopted them. Most of these plants adopted a bundle of human resource practices which are designed to encourage workers to acquire broad skills and...