We document that the dominant component of overall and residual wage inequality is within plant-occupations and, combining within-occupation task information from labor force surveys with linked plant-worker data for Germany, establish three interrelated facts: (1) larger plants and exporters...

This paper studies the association between the levels of individual trust and individual economic performance. I distinguish between generalized trust, a proxy for beliefs about others' trustworthiness, and within-firm trust, i.e. trust in firm management and trust in colleagues. Using rich...

Co-author: Luhang Wang (Xiamen University) . In China, the relative wages of high-skilled and low-skilled workers display huge variation across different regions. We examine whether financial intermediation development can explain such variation. Conceptually, better-developed financial...

Despite the prominence of platform and internet work in current policy and academic debate, there is a lack of reliable data on the extent of the use of the internet to generate income and on the profiles of workers performing such activities. This type of work is difficult to measure, and it...

Advocates of the platform economy present it as a new way of organizing work and value creation and as a fundamental and efficient alternative to the “old economy”. Traditional workplaces and employment are replaced by platforms organizing crowds of formally independent freelancers. There...

This pension day is targeted mainly (though not exclusively) at junior Netspar researchers. However, all Netspar researchers, including those who have not had an opportunity to present their Netspar research at recent Netspar workshops, are also encouraged to submit their paper(s).

This pension day is targeted mainly (though not exclusively) at junior Netspar researchers. However, all Netspar researchers, including those who have not had an opportunity to present their Netspar research at recent Netspar workshops, are also encouraged to submit their paper(s).

The recent financial crisis has thrust corporate governance practices into the public debate along several dimensions. Executive compensation practices at our largest financial services companies, in particular, feature prominently today in financial policymaking. While this topic has been a...

Kaum ein anderes wirtschaftspolitisches Thema wurde in den letzten Monaten so kontrovers diskutiert, wie die Einführung eines gesetzlichen Mindestlohns. Bietet der Mindestlohn tatsächlich Schutz vor "Lohndumping"? Oder fördert er vielmehr die Schwarzarbeit und verhindert die Entstehung von...