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Special Issue: Firms and Employees

	Guest editors: Julia Lane Science of Science & Innovation Policy program, National Science Foundation Chevy Chase, MD USA Stefan Bender Institute for Employment Research (IAB) Nuremberg Germany

N.B. Articles are available for free until June 30th, 2009

Julia Lane, Stefan Bender,   Introduction to special issue 'Firms and Employees', Labour Economics, Volume 15, Issue 4, Firms and Employees, August 2008, Pages 660-661.

Daniel Hamermesh,   Fun with matched firm-employee data: Progress and road maps, Labour Economics, Volume 15, Issue 4, Firms and Employees, August 2008, Pages 662-672.
Keywords: Wage determination; Match quality; Social norms; Time use

Mari Sako,   Do industries matter?, Labour Economics, Volume 15, Issue 4, Firms and Employees, August 2008, Pages 673-686.
Keywords: Industry Studies; Methodology; Economics and Management; Institutions

Valerie Smeets, Frederic Warzynski,   Too many theories, too few facts? What the data tell us about the link between span of control, compensation and career dynamics, Labour Economics, Volume 15, Issue 4, Firms and Employees, August 2008, Pages 687-703.
Keywords: J24; J31; M5; Hierarchy; Span of control; Wage determination; Promotions; Careers

Kathryn Shaw, Edward P. Lazear,   Tenure and output, Labour Economics, Volume 15, Issue 4, Firms and Employees, August 2008, Pages 704-723.
Keywords: Productivity; Age-earnings profile; Tenure; Firm specific skills

Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay, Imran Rasul,   Social capital in the workplace: Evidence on its formation and consequences, Labour Economics, Volume 15, Issue 4, Firms and Employees, August 2008, Pages 724-748.
Keywords: Productivity; Social capital

Richard B. Freeman, Douglas Kruse, Joseph Blasi,   The same yet different: Worker reports on labour practices and outcomes in a single firm across countries, Labour Economics, Volume 15, Issue 4, Firms and Employees, August 2008, Pages 749-770.
Keywords: Labor relations practices; Workplace performance; Multinational; Cross country comparisons; High performance work systems