Three essays in applied labour economics

Abstract

This volume collects together three papers in applied labour economics. They have in common the use of an outstanding panel of linked employer-employee data that covers almost all of the wage earners in the Portuguese private sector (more than 2 million workers). Beginning in 1982, and continuing on a yearly basis, every' firm with wage earners has been legally obliged to reply' to tins inquiry' by the Ministry' of Labour and Solidarity'. Reported data match the firm, the establisliment and each of the workers, and include the workerﾒs gender, age, skill, occupation, schooling, tenure and earnings as well as the firmﾒs location, industry' employment level, sales volume and legal setting. The existence of a unique identification number (social security number) for the workers and firms enables the construction of a panel of worker's or firms