NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

The Analysis of Firms and Employees: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Stefan Bender, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw, Fredrik Andersson, and Till von Wachter, editors

Conference held September 29-30, 2006
Published in October 2008 by University of Chicago Press
© 2008 by the National Bureau of Economic Research

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ISBN: 0-226-04287-1; 978-0-226-04287-9

Table of Contents

Front matter, acknowledgments, table of contents: Stefan Bender, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw, Fredrik Andersson, Till von Wachter (p. -11 - 0) (bibliographic info)

Introduction: Stefan Bender, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw, Fredrik Andersson, Till von Wachter (p. 1 - 16) (bibliographic info)

1. The Effect of HRM Practices and R&D Investment on Worker Producitivity: Fredrik Andersson, Clair Brown, Benjamin Campbell, Hyowook Chiang, Yooki Park (p. 19 - 43) (bibliographic info)

2. 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, Kristen Monaco, Kay Porter, Aldo Rustichini (p. 45 - 106) (bibliographic info)

3. Subjective Evaluation of Performance and Evaluation Interview: Empirical Evidnece from France: Marc-Arthur Diaye, Nathalie Greenan, Michal W. Urdanivia (p. 107 - 131) (bibliographic info)

4. Do Initial Conditions Persis between Firms? An Analysis of Firm-Entry Cohort Effects and Job Losers Using Matched Employer-Employee Data: Till von Wachter, Stefan Bender, Kathryn Shaw (p. 135 - 162) (bibliographic info)

5. Changes in Workplace Segregation in the United States between 1990 and 2000: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data: Judith Hellerstein, David Neumark, Melissa McInerney (p. 163 - 195) (bibliographic info)

6. The Effect of Tuition Reimbursement on Turnover: A Case Study Analysis: Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw (p. 197 - 228) (bibliographic info)

7. Ownership and Wages: Estimating Publiic-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials with LEED from Hungary, 1986 to 2003: John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy, Kathryn Shaw (p. 229 - 252) (bibliographic info)

8. Insider Privatization and Careers: A Study of a Russian Firm in Transition: Guido Friebel, Elena Panova, Kathryn Shaw (p. 253 - 266) (bibliographic info)

9. Trade and Workforce Changeover in Brazil: Marc-Andreas Muendler, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw (p. 269 - 308) (bibliographic info)

10. Job Creation Abroad and Worker Retention at Home: Sascha O. Becker, Marc-Andreas Muendler, Kathryn Shaw (p. 309 - 344) (bibliographic info)

11. Wage and Productivity Premiums in Sub-Saharan Africa: Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw (p. 345 - 371) (bibliographic info)

List of Contributors, Indexes: Stefan Bender, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw (p. 373 - 387) (bibliographic info)

 
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