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 distinguished team of researchers here examines the relationships between human resource practices and productivity, changing ownership and production methods, and expanding trade patterns and firm competitiveness. With analyses of large-scale, nationwide datasets as well as focused, intensive observation of a few firms, The Analysis of Firms and Employees will challenge economists, policymakers, and scholars alike to rethink their assumptions about the workplace.
Author(s): Stefan Bender, Julia Lane, Kathryn L. Shaw, Fredrik Andersson, Till von Wachter
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 398
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
I. HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES AND FIRM PRODUCTIVITY......Page 28
1. The Effect of HRM Practices and R&D Investment on Worker Productivity......Page 30
2. Using Behavioral Economic Field Experiments at a Firm: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project......Page 56
3. Subjective Evaluation of Performance and Evaluation Interview: Empirical Evidence from France......Page 118
II. FIRM DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN RESOURCES PRACTICES......Page 144
4. Do Initial Conditions Persist between Firms? An Analysis of Firm-Entry Cohort Effects and Job Losers Using Matched Employer-Employee Data......Page 146
5. Changes in Workplace Segregation in the United States between 1990 and 2000: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data......Page 174
6. The Effect of Tuition Reimbursement on Turnover: A Case Study Analysis......Page 208
7. Ownership and Wages: Estimating Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials with LEED from Hungary, 1986 to 2003......Page 240
8. Insider Privatization and Careers: A Study of a Russian Firm in Transition......Page 264
IV. GLOBALIZATION, TRADE, AND LABORMARKETS......Page 278
9. Trade and Workforce Changeover in Brazil......Page 280
10. Job Creation Abroad and Worker Retention at Home......Page 320
11. Wage and Productivity Premiums in Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 356
Contributors......Page 384
Author Index......Page 388
Subject Index......Page 394
