Analysis of Firms and Employees
Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
1st Edition
Published on 15. May 2009
398 pages
978-0-226-04289-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 newfindings 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.
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Stefan Bender | Julia Lane | Kathryn L. Shaw
The Analysis of Firms and Employees
Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
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12/2008
University of Chicago Press
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES AND FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
- 1. The Effect of HRM Practices and R&D Investment on Worker Productivity
- 2. Using Behavioral Economic Field Experiments at a Firm: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project
- 3. Subjective Evaluation of Performance and Evaluation Interview: Empirical Evidence from France
- II. FIRM DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN RESOURCES PRACTICES
- 4. Do Initial Conditions Persist between Firms? An Analysis of Firm-Entry Cohort Effects and Job Losers Using Matched Employer-Employee Data
- 5. Changes in Workplace Segregation in the United States between 1990 and 2000: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
- 6. The Effect of Tuition Reimbursement on Turnover: A Case Study Analysis
- III. EFFECTS OF OWNERSHIP CHANGES ON THE ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION
- 7. Ownership and Wages: Estimating Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials with LEED from Hungary, 1986 to 2003
- 8. Insider Privatization and Careers: A Study of a Russian Firm in Transition
- IV. GLOBALIZATION, TRADE, AND LABORMARKETS
- 9. Trade and Workforce Changeover in Brazil
- 10. Job Creation Abroad and Worker Retention at Home
- 11. Wage and Productivity Premiums in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index
