Browsing Working papers (SNF) by Subject "wages"
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Internal wage dispersion and firm performance : white-collar evidence
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-06)This paper investigates the net relationship between internal wage dispersion and firm performance. An empirical investigation of the relationship between internal wage dispersion and firm performance is performed using ... -
Is labor mobility a channel for spillovers from multinationals? : evidence from Norwegian manufacturing
(Working paper, Working paper, 2009-07)This paper documents labor mobility flows from multinationals (MNEs) to non-MNEs in Norwegian manufacturing during the 1990s. 14,400 workers in MNEs move to non-MNEs during this period. By the year 2000, 28 percent of the ... -
Picking “lemons” or “cherries”? : domestic and foreign acquisitions in Norwegian manufacturing
(Working paper, Working paper, 2009-06)We compare the performance in employment, wages and productivity for domestic plants acquired by new domestic and foreign owners. Prospective foreign owners pick large, high-wage, high-productivity plants, while new domestic ... -
Testing the role of comparative advantage and learning in wage and promotion dynamics
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-06)Can job assignment based on comparative advantage and learning about workers’ ability explain wage and promotion dynamics within firms? In order to answer this question the Gibbons and Waldman (1999b) model is estimated ...