All that we know about the CEO labour market in China comes from studies of public listed companies and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). This paper is the first to examine the operation of the CEO labour market across all sectors of the Chinese economy. We do so using World Bank enterprise data...

Despite their theoretical value in tackling principal-agent problems at low cost to firms there is almost no empirical literature on the prevalence and correlates of performance bonds posted by corporate executives. Using data for China we examine their incidence and test propositions from...

Presented at a European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) Experts' seminar on Working Conditions and Health and Safety Surveys in Europe, Brussels

We use the European Company Survey 2009 (ECS 2009) to investigate the prevalence and nature of trade union representation and works council representation across the European Union and its candidate countries. We confirm the results of existing single-country studies in finding that workplace...

DTI Occasional Paper in Economics No. 4. Edited volume of papers presented at a DTI-funded one-day conference on 16th September 2005 at the British Academy, London. Includes contributions from Ed Lazear and John Addison among others, plus an introduction from Alex Bryson, John Forth and...

We review the existing literature which is pertinent to the study of the economic effects of terrorism in Northern Ireland. Chapters 2-4 broadly set the scene for the study of terrorism and economic activity in Northern Ireland. Chapter 2 begins by mapping out the chronology of major events...

Presented at the Work, Pensions and Labour Economics Study Group (WPEG) Annual Conference, University of Kent

This chapter of the Guidelines discusses in detail some of the practicalities of administering linked surveys of employers and employees within a multi-country, European context. It draws upon the survey methods literature and the experience of the MEADOW consortium in order to identify...

This review focuses on pay variance across workers, employers and across time and illustrates how theories of pay determination can shed light on this variance. We discuss the limitations of the orthodox economic approach to pay setting and emphasise the importance of labour market imperfections...