Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. National Bureau of Economic Research v
3. Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research vi
4. Contents vii
5. Acknowledgments ix
6. Introduction 1
7. Part 1. Human Resource Practices and Firm Productivity
8. 1. The Effect of HRM Practices and R&D Investment on Worker Productivity 19
9. 2. Using Behavioral Economic Field Experiments at a Firm: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project 45
10. 3. Subjective Evaluation of Performance and Evaluation Interview: Empirical Evidence from France 107
11. Part 2. Firm Differences in Human Resource Practices
12. 4. Do Initial Conditions Persist between Firms? An Analysis of Firm-Entry Cohort Effects and Job Losers Using Matched Employer-Employee Data 135
13. 5. Changes in Workplace Segregation in the United States between 1990 and 2000: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data 163
14. 6. The Effect of Tuition Reimbursement on Turnover: A Case Study Analysis 197
15. Part 3. Effects of Ownership Changes on the Organization of Product
16. 7. Ownership and Wages: Estimating Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials with LEED from Hungary, 1986 to 2003 229
17. 8. Insider Privatization and Careers: A Study of a Russian Firm in Transition 253
18. Part 4. Globalization, Trade, and Labor Markets
19. 9. Trade and Workforce Changeover in Brazil 269
20. 10. Job Creation Abroad and Worker Retention at Home 309
21. 11. Wage and Productivity Premiums in Sub-Saharan Africa 345
22. Contributors 373
23. Author Index 377
24. Subject Index 383