Research Activities:
1. Research Interests
2. Work in Progress
3. Publications
4. Research Project: PIEP
5. Ph.D

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1. Research Interests:

• Applied econometrics.
• Labour economics.
• Industrial relations and economic performance.
• Personnel economics.
• Sports economics.

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2. Work in Progress:

• "Are Young and Old Workers Really Harmful for Firm Productivity?", (with F. Rycx).
• "Does Variation in Intra-firm Wage Dispersion Increase Firm Performance? Evidence from Belgian Panel Data".
• "Employer Size and The Structure of Wages: A Critical Survey", (with F. Rycx).
• "Wage Structure and Firm Productivity in Belgium", NBER Working Paper No. 12978, March 2007 (with R. Plasman and F. Rycx). [pdf]
• "Women and Competition in Elimination Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Data", IZA Discussion Paper No. 1843, November 2005.
• "The Establishment-Size Wage Premium: Evidence from European Countries", IZA Discussion Paper No. 1569, April 2005 (with R. Plasman and F. Rycx). [pdf]
• "Establishment Size and the Dispersion of Wages: Evidence from European Countries", IZA Discussion Paper No. 1778, October 2005 (with F. Rycx). [pdf]

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3. Publications

• "The Establishment Size Wage Premium: Evidence from European Countries", Empirica, (with F. Rycx), forthcoming, 2007.
• "Employer Size and The Structure of Wages: A Critical Survey", Reflets et Perspectives, (with F. Rycx), forthcoming, 2007.
• "Women and Competition in Elimination Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Data", Journal of Sports Economics, (with R. Plasman and F. Rycx), forthcoming, 2007.
• "Establishment Size and the Dispersion of Wages: Evidence from European Countries", Applied Economics Quarterly, Vol. 52(4), p. 309-336 (with F. Rycx).
• "Wage Structure and Firm Productivity in Belgium", paper presented at the NBER Empirical Personnel Economics Workshop, Cambridge (Mass.), August 5-6, 2004. Forthcoming in: Lazear E. et K. Shaw (eds.), An International Comparison of the Structure of Wages, National Bureau of Economic Research and University of Chicago Press , (with R. Plasman and F. Rycx).
• "La dispersion salariale stimule-t-elle la performance d'une firme?", Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économie, Vol. XLIII, No. 2, p. 63-70, 2005, (with R. Plasman and F. Rycx).[pdf]
• "La dispersion salariale stimule-t-elle la performance d'une firme?", Problèmes Economiques, La Documentation Française, N° 2888 (7 décembre), pp. 29-32, 2005, (with R. Plasman and F. Rycx).
• "Why Do Large Firms Pay Higher Wages? Evidence from Matched Worker-Firm Data", International Journal of Manpower, Vol.26(8), pp. 705-723, 2005, (with R. Plasman and F. Rycx). [pdf]
• "Intra-firm Wage Dispersion and Firm Performance: Evidence from Linked Employer-employee Data", Kyklos, Vol. 57, Fasc. 4, p. 533-558, 2004, (with R. Plasman and F. Rycx).[pdf]
• "Intra-firm Wage Dispersion and Firm Performance: A Review and Empirical Tests on Belgian Data", Brussels Economic Review, Vol.46, No. 4, p. 5-29, 2003, (with R. Plasman and F. Rycx).[pdf]

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4. Research Project: PIEP

• Description: The Pay Inequalities and Economic Performance (PIEP) project investigates the relationship between pay stratification and business and employment performance in Europe at the micro level, using newly available comparative economic data to test a variety of hypotheses relating to the role that firms' performance management systems play in the macroeconomy. In particular, the project explores the ways in which these systems interact with institutional features of the labour market to produce different outcomes in different regional and industrial contexts. At the core of its empirical research programme is the 1995 European Structure of Earnings Survey (ESES), which provides rich data on key micro-level variables on a comparable basis across Europe. It is hoped that the project's conclusions will contribute positively to policy debate and design in the European Union. The project is conducted by a multidisciplinary team of academic researchers with support from the European Commission and in close collaboration with Eurostat and the national statistical institutes. The Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics is acting as hub for the research network and provider of computing resources to the academic team.
• More about PIEP.

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5. Ph.D.