International Journal of Manpower: Volume 29 Issue 1

Compensation policies within firms: evidence from linked employer‐employee data

Ana Rute Cardoso, Chiara Monfardini

The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on compensation policies within firms while using evidence from linked employer‐employee data.

Who pays for performance?

Erling Barth, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjørn Hægeland, Oddbjørn Raaum

The purpose of this paper is to improve our understanding of why some firms tie compensation to worker performance as well as the variation in type of performance pay system…

Market power, dismissal threat, and rent sharing: The role of insider and outsider forces in wage bargaining

Anabela Carneiro, Pedro Portugal

The purpose of this study is to investigate to what extent the existence of high labor adjustment costs has some influence on the process of wage negotiation. In particular, it…

Worker churning and firms' wage policies

Pedro S. Martins

The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence of a causal nature about the relationship between wages and churning (“excessive” worker turnover).

The worsening of wage expectations in Italy: a study based on administrative data

Elena Giarda

This paper aims to build on existing studies on the relationship between individual wages, age and experience, and provide new evidence on the determinants of wages in Italy.