Dynamic Monopsony: Evidence from a French Establishment Panel

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What can monopsony explain of the gender wage differential in Italy?

“…Equation (14) simply says that the evolution of the relative wage di¤erential should be correlated with the initial relative wage di¤erential. I expect that for …rms with higher gender wage gap at the beginning of the period, this will be reduced over time.…”

“…Most of them use natural experiments and IV estimates to identify the e¤ects they want to study. Fakhfakh and Fitzroy (2006) use …rm data to test the monopsony model providing evidence of strong size e¤ects and positive e¤ects of employment expansion on wages.…”

Grèves et productivité du travail : application au cas français

“…L'étude conjointe de données aux niveaux établissement et entreprise peut se révéler problématique dans le cas des entreprises multi-établissements, compte tenu de l'écart entre l'unité d'analyse des variables explicatives et celle de la variable expliquée (Black et Lynch [2001], p. 263). Dans une telle configuration, certains auteurs ont préféré se focaliser sur les seules entreprises mono-établissements, dans le cas français notamment (e.g., Fairris et Askenazy [2010] ; Fakhfakh et FitzRoy [2006]), conduisant cependant à considérer un échantillon non-représentatif des firmes en France. D'autres auteurs ont opté, de façon alternative, pour une stratégie de pondération en fonction de la part de chaque établissement dans l'emploi total de la firme (e.g., Bernard et al [2008] ; Caroli et Van Reenen [2001]).…”

Jamaica: tamaño de las empresas y remuneración laboral en el sector privado

“…Otros autores confirman este fenómeno en los Estados Unidos de América (Antos, 1983;Mellow, 1982;Oi, 1983). Winter-Ebmer y Zweimüller (1999) proporcionan datos del mismo fenómeno en las pequeñas y medianas empresas de Suiza, mientras que Fakhfakh y Fitzroy (2006) ;Oosterbeek y van Praag (1995), y Main y Reilly (1993) encuentran datos similares en Francia, los Países Bajos y el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte, respectivamente.…”