In the empirical literature on assortative matching using linked employer–employee data,
unobserved worker quality appears to be negatively correlated with unobserved firm quality. …

We use a new, matched worker-firm dataset for the United Kingdom to estimate the income
loss resulting from firm closure and mass layoffs. We track workers for up to nine years after …

In this paper we use new, detailed, and comprehensive linked firm-transaction data to measure
the domestic content and technology intensity of Chinese exports over the period 2000–…

Methods for fixed-effects estimation of the three-way error-components model are not yet
standard. Where possible, we make the fixed-effects methods originally developed by Abowd, …

This paper provides the first microeconomic cross-country analysis of the effects of foreign
ownership on wages, employment and worker turnover rates. Using firm-level and linked …

Limited Mobility Bias explains why positive assortative matching is not observed in the
empirical literature. Using German social security records, we estimate the correlation between …

We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three
countries which are characterized by considerable differences in labor market institutions …

Evidence on job creation and destruction for the United Kingdom is limited, dated, and refers
almost entirely to the manufacturing sector. We use firm‐level data from 1997 to 2008 for …

We estimate the earnings, hours and income effects of job loss for a representative sample
of UK workers from 1991 to 2007. We follow workers before and after job loss, regardless of …

We provide the first firm‐level evidence of the impact of the trade in producer services (‘offshoring’)
on the labour market. Using a new data set from the UK that measures trade in …