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Employee Training, Wage Dispersion and Equality in Britain
Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Mumford, Karen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We use British household panel data to explore the wage returns to training incidence and intensity (duration) for 6924 employees. We find these returns differ greatly depending on the nature of the training (general or specific); who funds the training (employee or employer); and the skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822185
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Employee Training and Wage Compression in Britain
Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Mumford, Karen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We use linked data for 1,460 workplaces and 19,853 employees from the Workplace Employee Relations Survey 1998 to analyse the incidence and duration of employee training in Britain. We find training to be positively associated with having a recognised vocational qualification and current union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822630
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When are multinational banks getting a bang for their buck on their subsidiaries abroad?
Kowalewski, Oskar - Narodowy Bank Polski - 2011
This paper investigates whether foreign subsidiaries outperform their parent banks in terms of profitability and what determines this outcome. Using a large sample of multinational banks and their subsidiaries in a large number of countries, this study shows that, on average, foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352270
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Crisis, internal governance mechanisms and pension fund performance: Evidence from Poland
Jackowicz, Krzysztof; Kowalewski, Oskar - In: Emerging Markets Review 13 (2012) 4, pp. 493-515
privately defined contribution pension fund performance in Poland. Using a hand-collected data set, we find evidence that the … chairman, as a motivated insider, plays an important role in determining fund performance. The results also show, although with … weaker evidence, that outsiders may positively impact fund performance. During the 2007–2008 crisis, however, the insider …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595169
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Employee Training and Wage Compression in Britain
Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Mumford, Karen - 2004
We use linked data for 1,460 workplaces and 19,853 employees from the Workplace Employee Relations Survey 1998 to analyse the incidence and duration of employee training in Britain. We find training to be positively associated with having a recognised vocational qualification and current union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261946
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Employee training and wage dispersion: white and blue collar workers in Britain
Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Chzhen, Yekaterina; Mumford, Karen - 2010
We use household panel data to explore the wage returns associated with training incidence and intensity (duration) for British employees. We find these returns differ depending on the nature of the training; who funds the training; the skill levels of the recipient (white or blue collar); the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269502
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Why do foreign banks withdraw from other countries? A panel data analysis
Hryckiewicz, Aneta; Kowalewski, Oskar - 2010
problems in the home country, with a lesser factor being the weak performance of the foreign subsidiary. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270480
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Employee Training and Wage Dispersion: White and Blue Collar Workers in Britain
Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Chzhen, Yekaterina; Mumford, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We use household panel data to explore the wage returns associated with training incidence and intensity (duration) for British employees. We find these returns differ depending on the nature of the training; who funds the training; the skill levels of the recipient (white or blue collar); the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568277
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Why do Foreign Banks Withdraw from other Countries? A Panel Data Analysis
Hryckiewicz, Aneta; Kowalewski, Oskar - CESifo - 2010
problems in the home country, with a lesser factor being the weak performance of the foreign subsidiary. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583673
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Employee Training, Wage Dispersion and Equality in Britain
Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Mumford, Karen - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2006
We use British household panel data to explore the wage returns to training incidence and intensity (duration) for 6924 employees. We find these returns differ greatly depending on the nature of the training (general or specific); who funds the training (employee or employer); and the skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005129644