“...This article is one of the first to examine how the use of fixed‐term employment contracts (FTCs) affects firm competitiveness (i.e. productivity, wages and...”

“...Using Belgian linked employer–employee data, we examine how collective bargaining arrangements affect the relationship between firms' profitability and...”

“...The 88th Applied Economics Asociation Conference was organized with the specific aim of stimulating discussion on the "Econometrics of Labor Demand". Various...”

“...This paper investigates the effects of the workforce age structure on the productivity of large Belgian firms. More precisely, it examines different scenarios...”

“...Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of wage dispersion on sickness absenteeism observed in Belgian firms. Design/methodology/approach...”

“...Labour economists typically assume that pay differences between occupations can be explained with variations in productivity. The empirical evidence on the...”

“...This paper disentangles the age-productivity-wage nexus by estimating productivity and wage equations with longitudinal employer-employee panel data for...”

“...The papers proposed in this e-book were selected from those presented at the International Conference organised by the Applied Econometrics Association on...”

“...This paper investigates the impact of international trade on wage dispersion in a small open economy, Belgium. It is one of the few to: (i) use detailed,...”