The analysis of firms and employees [[electronic resource] ] : quantitative and qualitative approaches / / edited by Stefan Bender ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822432003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-07034-7; 9786612070341; 0-226-04289-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (398 p.)
• Collana: A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
• Altri autori (Persone): BenderStefan
• Disciplina: 331.1
• Soggetti: Employees; Industrial organization; Industrial sociology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The effect of HRM practices and R&D investment on worker productivity / Fredrick Andersson, Clair Brown, Benjamin Campbell, Hyowook Chiang, and Yooki Park -- Using behavioral economic field experiments at a firm : the context and design of the Truckers and Turnover Project / Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey Carpenter, Lorenz Götte, Kirsten Monaco, Kay Porter, and Aldo Rustichini -- Subjective evaluation of performance and evaluation interview : empirical evidence from France / Marc-Arthur Diaye, Nathalie Greenan, and Michal W. Urdanivia -- Do initial conditions persist between firms? : an analysis of firm-entry cohort effects and job losers using matched employer-employee data / Till von Wachter and Stefan Bender -- Changes in workplace segregation in the United States between 1990 and 2000 : evidence from matched employer-employee data / Judith Hellerstein, David Neumark, and Melissa McInerney -- The effect of tuition reimbursement on turnover : a case study analysis / Colleen Flaherty Manchester -- Ownership and wages : estimating public-private and foreign-domestic differentials with LEED from Hungary, 1986 to 2003 / John S. Earle and Álmos Telegdy -- Insider privatization and careers : a study of a Russian firm ; in transition / Guido Friebel and Elena Panova -- Trade and workforce changeover in Brazil / Marc-Andreas Muendler -- Job creation abroad and worker retention at home / Sascha O. Becker and Marc-Andreas Muendler -- Wage and productivity premiums in Sub-Saharan Africa / Johannes Van Biesebroeck.
• Sommario/riassunto: The long-term impact of globalization, outsourcing, and technological change on workers is increasingly being studied by economists. At the nexus of labor economics, industry studies, and industrial organization, The Analysis of Firms and Employees presents new findings about these impacts by examining the interaction between the internal workings of businesses and outside influences from the market using data from countries around the globe. The result is enhanced insight into the dynamic interrelationship between firms and workers. A dis