International Journal of Manpower: Volume 34 Issue 5

Education and skill mismatches: wage and job satisfaction consequences

Lourdes Badillo‐Amador, Luis E. Vila

This paper aims to highlight the relevance of examining education and skill job‐worker mismatches as two different, although simultaneous, phenomena of the labor market. Most…

Public‐private wage gaps and skill levels: evidence from French, British and Italian micro data

Paolo Ghinetti, Claudio Lucifora

The authors aim to investigate public‐private pay determination using French, British and Italian micro data from the 2001 ECHP (European Community Household Panel) and estimate…

Immigration and US native workers’ wages: differential responses by education

Tanyamat SrungBoonmee

The purpose of this paper is to assess how wages of US native workers with various educational backgrounds are affected by immigration.

How does variable pay relate to pay satisfaction among Canadian workers?

Julie Cloutier, Denis Morin, Stéphane Renaud

This study aims to determine the effect of individual and group variable pay plans on pay satisfaction among Canadian workers from six occupational groups.

Short training for welfare recipients in Germany: which types work?

Eva Kopf

Various types of short training programmes exist in Germany. This article aims to evaluate short training courses for welfare recipients and to detect which programme type works…

Job search requirements for older workers: the effect on reservation wages

Anton Nivorozhkin, Laura Romeu Gordo, Julia Schneider

The goal of the paper is to investigate how reservation wages of older unemployed welfare recipients change once they are no longer subject to standard job search requirements.

Age, retirement and establishment closure

Johan M. Kuhn

The paper aims to investigate the relationship between the age of employees and employers on the one hand and establishment closure probability on the other.

Interdependence between best team members and their teammates

José M. de la Torre‐Ruiz, J. Alberto Aragón‐Correa

The purpose of this paper is to examine how, within a team, the value of their best member depends critically on the performance of the rest. Analysis of the interdependent team…