The value of working conditions in the United States and implications for the structure of wages

N Maestas, KJ Mullen, D Powell… - American Economic …, 2023 - aeaweb.org
We document variation in working conditions in the United States, present estimates of how
workers value these conditions, and assess the impact of working conditions on estimates of …

Work hours mismatch

M Lachowska, A Mas, R Saggio, SA Woodbury - 2023 - nber.org
This paper uses a revealed preference approach applied to administrative data from
Washington to document and characterize work-hour constraints. Workers have limited …

Differences in on-the-job learning across firms

J Arellano-Bover, F Saltiel - 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
We present evidence that is consistent with large disparities across firms in their on-the-job
learning opportunities, using administrative datasets from Brazil and Italy. We categorize …

The gender pay gap: Micro sources and macro consequences

I Morchio, C Moser - 2024 - nber.org
Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil, we document a large gender pay gap
due to women working at lower-paying employers with better nonpay attributes. To interpret …

Power and dignity in the low-wage labor market: Theory and evidence from wal-mart workers

A Dube, S Naidu, AD Reich - 2022 - nber.org
We measure workers' preferences for wages and non-wage amenities at America's largest
employer, Walmart, using targeted survey experiments. We find that workers have an …

[PDF][PDF] Communicating corporate culture in labor markets: Evidence from job postings

J Pacelli, T Shi, Y Zou - SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022 - aeaweb.org
A company's culture represents one of the most important factors that job seekers consider.
In this study, we examine how firms craft their job postings to convey their culture and …

Do employees cheer for private equity? the heterogeneous effects of buyouts on job quality

W Gornall, O Gredil, ST Howell, X Liu… - … Effects of Buyouts on …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
We show that private equity leveraged buyouts (LBOs) reduce perceived job quality despite
not impacting average base pay. This appears to reflect higher risk for employees. Both job …

The global distribution of college graduate quality

P Martellini, T Schoellman… - Journal of Political …, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
We measure college graduate quality—the average human capital of a college's graduates—
for graduates from 2,800 colleges in 48 countries. Graduates of colleges in the richest …

Non-disclosure agreements and externalities from silence

J Sockin, A Sojourner, E Starr - 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Do employment restrictions which prohibit workers from disclosing misconduct at work,
which we refer to asbroad non-disclosure agreements'(NDAs), distort labor markets? We …

[HTML][HTML] Firms with benefits? Nonwage compensation and implications for firms and labor markets

P Ouimet, G Tate - 2022 - aeaweb.org
Nonwage benefits have become increasingly important and now represent 30% of total
compensation (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2021). Using administrative data on health …