Wages, productivity, and the dynamic interaction of businesses and workers

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 575-602

  Haltiwanger, John C ^a,b,c   Lane, Julia I ^b,d   Spletzer, James R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm productivity; Firm worker interaction; Matched employer employee data; Workforce composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247218455     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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