Dulbea - Département d'économie appliquée de l’ULB. ULB - Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Sickness absences among young mothers and the child penalty in employment

Fontenay, S. & Tojerow, I.

Revue of Economics of the Household (2024).

Abstract. While a growing literature documents the negative impact of motherhood on women’s career trajectories, the specific mechanisms behind their “decisions” to leave the labor market remain largely undocumented. Our paper fills this gap by showing that career breaks due to health-related issues restrict young mothers from full labor force participation. Using Belgian administrative data from 2002-2016 and an event study design, we reveal that the gender gap in sickness absences only appears after the birth of a first child, and is predominantly reflecting an increase in mental health disorders. Surprisingly, this child penalty does not disappear over the long run: even up to eight years after childbirth, women are 1.2 percentage points more likely than men to stop working because of health-related issues. When connecting sickness absences to the overall child penalty in employment, we find that 17% of women who leave the labor market after having children go on to claim sickness benefits. This effect is the largest for mothers in physically demanding jobs, and more moderate for those in family-friendly occupations.

Sickness absences among young mothers and the child penalty in employment | Review of Economics of the Household (springer.com)

Home Work: Exploring the Labor Market Effects of Subsidizing Domestic Services

Leduc, E. & Tojerow, I.

Labor Economics (2024).

Abstract. This paper analyzes subsidies for the domestic services sector, an increasingly popular policy to create employment opportunities for low-skilled workers. Using Belgian administrative data, a differences-in-differences approach, and a shift-share instrumental variable, we estimate the local effects of the policy in targeted industries as well as overall effects on the labor market. We find that domestic service subsidies can increase female employment in the subsidized industries as well as the overall employment rate. This increase in employment is primarily driven by an increase in (formal) labor market participation and, to a lesser extent, a reduction in the rate of participation in unemployment insurance and in other social welfare programs. We also find that these subsidies can lead to an increase in the rate of work incapacity, likely due to the fact they broaden the population that can access the social safety net.

Home Work: Exploring the Labor Market Effects of Subsidizing Domestic Services – ScienceDirect

Jurisdiction size and perceived corruption

François, A., Lagios, N. & Méon, P.-G.

Public Choice (2024).

Abstract. This paper studies the relationship between the size of a jurisdiction and how corrupt its citizens perceive officials to be. The relationship may a priori be driven by four distinct mechanisms: (i) larger communities have more officials, thereby making it more likely at least one official is corrupt; (ii) larger communities have a larger budget, thereby offering more opportunity for corruption; (iii) monitoring officials is costlier in larger communities; and (iv) the public is less likely to have contact with officials in larger communities, which raises citizens’ suspicion. First, using cross-country analysis, we establish that people perceive more corruption in countries with larger populations. We then test this stylized fact using French survey data on the perception of municipal government corruption. We again observe that the perception of corruption increases with population size. This result is robust to a series of checks and many confounding factors. Moreover, our results hold across two distinct periods and for another administrative unit, departments. Finally, we report suggestive evidence that the stylized fact is driven by mechanisms (i) and (ii), but not by (iii) and (iv).

Jurisdiction size and perceived corruption (springer.com)

Old-age unemployment and labour supply: an application to Belgium

De Brouwer, O. & Tojerow, I.

Empirical Economics (2024).

Abstract. Over the last two decades, social security reforms in several European countries have turned early retirement routes for older workers increasingly difficult. The size of the effects of these reforms on labour supply and social security transfers, and how these effects interact with workers’ characteristics have yet to be measured. This article sheds light on this issue by exploring the consequences of postponing access to an old-age unemployment programme—from age 58 to 60—in Belgium. The programme provides laid-off workers with a combination of unemployment benefits and a monthly supplement paid by the employer until the full retirement age. Exploiting register data on the universe of workers and using a difference-in-difference identification strategy, the authors find that UCS eligibility negatively affects employment participation but also mitigates older workers’ participation in other social security programmes.

Attractiveness vs. Partisan stereotypes

Licata, C. and Méon, P.-G.

Journal of Economic & Behavior Organisation, Vol. 219 (2024).

Abstract. Using two surveys, we study how respondents process visual cues to identify the political orientation (left- vs. right-wing) of members of the French National Assembly (referred to as “deputies”), based on official photographs only. We first confirm that respondents outperform random guesses. Second, we find that their categorizations correlate with observable characteristics (tie color, facial hair) and subjective assessments of deputies’ personality traits (attractiveness, competence, trustworthiness). Third, the objective visual cues that respondents use are consistent with the actual characteristics of left- and right-wing deputies, and respondents mistakenly react to subjective personality traits that differ little across the two groups of deputies. Fourth, left- and right-wing respondents use the same cues in the same way. However, attractiveness stands out because respondents categorize attractive deputies as corresponding to their own orientation. Fifth, the magnitude of the marginal impact of a characteristic on the probability of a respondent categorizing a photograph as left- or right-wing increases strictly with the representativeness of that characteristic. Finally, we find evidence that some characteristics correlate with categorization errors. Findings 1, 2, 4, and the finding that respondents use cues in the correct way are consistent with both Bayesian behavior and the representativeness heuristic. Findings 5, 6, and the finding that respondents react to subjective cues that do not differ across groups are at odds with Bayesian inference but consistent with the representativeness heuristic. Finding that attractiveness trumps partisan stereotypes suggests the existence a partisan halo effect.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268124000209

Measuring Household Inflation Perceptions and Expectations: The Effect of Guided vs Non-Guided Inflation Questions

Hayo, B. and Méon P.-G.

Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 78 (2023).

Abstract. An experiment using a representative survey of the German population shows that letting respondents report a number rather than asking them to choose from a list of predefined ranges lowers the response rate for both perceived past and expected inflation and decreases (increases) reported past (expected) inflation. Income, education, gender, objective and subjective knowledge about monetary policy, and political affiliation affect the effect’s size but not its sign. East and West German respondents who were 15 or older when the Berlin Wall fell have reactions different from those who were younger at that time, which supports the ‘impressionable years’ hypothesis based on different inflation experiences.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0164070423000587

Female corporate owners and female CEOs

Charpin, A., Szafarz, A. and Tojerow, I.

Economics Letters, 111285 (2023).

Abstract. “Old boys’ club” ownership structures can hamper the empowerment of female talent. We use African data to show that the CEOs of firms with female shareholders are more likely to be women, regardless of the size of female shareholdings.

Female corporate owners and female CEOs – ScienceDirect

Comment (vraiment) généraliser l’Éducation à la Vie Relationnelle, Affective et Sexuelle (EVRAS) à Bruxelles ?

Lannoo, A., Duchêne, C., Godin, I. and Tojerow, I.

Brussels Studies, n°183 (2023).

Abstract. La généralisation de l’éducation à la vie relationnelle, affective et sexuelle (EVRAS) est un projet mis en place depuis de nombreuses années en RBC francophone. Malgré la mobilisation de politiques, de nombreux acteurs et d’établissements scolaires, plus de dix ans ont été nécessaires après son intégration dans les missions de l’enseignement pour que l’EVRAS devienne obligatoire à la rentrée 2023, sous une forme minimale. L’absence d’un réel parcours EVRAS tout au long de la scolarité est problématique et participe aux inégalités sociales de santé déjà fortement présentes à Bruxelles. Cette étude participe à l’élan récemment impulsé par la COCOF et a pour objectif de contribuer à la définition de futures politiques publiques ambitieuses à ce sujet : elle propose trois scénarios de généralisation de l’EVRAS dans l’enseignement obligatoire bruxellois francophone, accompagné chacun d’une modélisation budgétaire.

Comment (vraiment) généraliser l’Éducation à la Vie Relationnelle, Affective et Sexuelle (EVRAS) à Bruxelles ? (openedition.org)

Wage differences according to workers’s origin: The role of working more upstram in GVCs

Fays, V., Mahy, B. and Rycx, F.

Labour, vol. 37, pp. 1-24 (2023).

Abstract. This article examines the impact of a firm’s position in Global Value Chains (GVCs) on wages according to workers’ origin. Based on a unique linked employer–employee dataset regarding the Belgian manufacturing industry covering the 2002–2010 timespan, our estimates show that firms that are more upstream in the value chain pay on average significantly higher wages. However, the wage premium associated with upstreamness is also found to be unequally shared among workers. Unconditional quantile regressions and decomposition methods suggest that high-wage workers born in developed countries benefit the most from being employed higher up the value chain, while workers born in developing countries appear to be unfairly rewarded.

Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Worker’s Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics

Jacobs, V., Rycx, F. and Volral, M.

De Economist (Netherlands Economic Review), 170, pp. 459-501 (2022).

Abstract. This paper analyses the wage effects of educational mismatch by workers’ origin using a sizeable, detailed matched employer–employee dataset for Belgium. Relying on a fine-grained approach to measuring educational mismatch, the results show that over-educated workers, regardless of their origin, suffer a wage penalty compared to their well-matched former classmates. However, the magnitude of this wage penalty is found to vary considerably depending on workers’ origin. In addition, the estimates show that origin-based differences in over-education wage penalties significantly depend on both demographics (workers’ region of birth, education, gender and tenure) and employer characteristics (firm size and collective bargaining). To our knowledge, the role played by these different moderating variables has been either little or not explored in this context before.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10645-022-09413-9

« Does Over-education Raise Productivity and Wages Equally? The Moderating Role of Workers’ Origin and Immigrants’ Background’Forthcoming paper »

Jacobs, V., Pineda-Hernandez, K., Rycx, F. and Volral, M.

LIDAM Discussion Paper IRES (2022/3).

Abstract. We provide first evidence of the impact of over-education, among natives and immigrants,
on firm-level productivity and wages. We use Belgian linked panel data and rely on the
methodology from Hellerstein et al. (1999) to estimate ORU (over-, required, and undereducation) equations aggregated at the firm level. Our results show that the over-education
wage premium is higher for natives than for immigrants. However, since the differential
in productivity gains associated with over-education between natives and immigrants
outweighs the corresponding wage premium differential, we conclude – based on OLS and
dynamic GMM-SYS estimates – that over-educated native workers are in fact underpaid to
a greater extent than their over-educated immigrant counterparts. This conclusion is refined
by sensitivity analyses, when testing the role of immigrants’ background (e.g. region of
birth, immigrant generation, age at arrival in the host country, tenure).

La politique hospitalière en Belgique. Financement, organisation et enjeux pour l’avenir

Sous la dir. de Bayenet, B., Fontaine, M. et Husden, Y.

Pyramides, n°35/36 (2021).

Plus d’infos : La politique hospitalière en Belgique (anthemis.be)

How collective bargaining shapes poverty: New evidence for developed countries

Pireda-Hernandez, K., Rycx, F., Volral, M.

British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 60, Issue 4, pp. 895-928 (2022).

Abstract

Although many studies point to the significant influence of collective bargaining (CB) institutions on earnings inequalities, evidence on how these institutions shape poverty rates across developed economies remains surprisingly scarce. This paper explicitly addresses the relationship between CB systems and working-age poverty rates before and after taxes and transfers in 24 developed countries over the period 1990–2015. Our results show that countries with a more centralized CB system, a more extended bargaining coverage rate and/or a higher trade union density display significantly lower poverty rates. However, these results only hold in a post-tax benefit scenario. Controlling for country and time fixed effects and a wide range of covariates, our estimates indeed suggest that the poverty-reducing effect of CB institutions stems from the political strength of trade unions in promoting public social spending rather than from any direct effect on earnings inequalities. Sensitivity tests for endogeneity and overlapping samples support this conclusion.

How collective bargaining shapes poverty: New evidence for developed countries – Pineda‐Hernández – British Journal of Industrial Relations – Wiley Online Library

A bigger house at the cost of an empty stomach? The effect of households’ indebtedness on their consumption: micro-evidence using Belgian HFCS data

Du Caju, P., Périlleux, G., Rycx, F., Tojerow, I.

Review of Economics of the Household, 21, pp. 291-333 (2022).

This paper investigates the potentially non-linear relation between households’ indebtedness and their consumption. To do so, we use panel data from the two waves of the Belgian Household Finance and Consumption Survey. Unlike previous studies, we find a negative effect of households’ indebtedness on their consumption, even in the absence of any negative shock on their assets. Our findings suggest that, without such a shock, it is the day-to-day sustainability of the debt, rather than its overall sustainability, that leads households to reduce their consumption. The effect thus seems to occur through precautionary motives. To explore potential non-linearities in this effect, we perform a threshold analysis, whose results suggest that households should not have a debt-service-to-income ratio greater than 30% as this leads to a substantial reduction in their consumption. The effect appears to be robust to various specifications, including the inclusion of other European countries, to result from a trade-off between housing and consumption, and to be more prevalent among fragile households.

Productivity and wage effects of firm-level upstreamness: Evidence from Belgian linked panel data

Mahy, B., Rycx, F., Vermeylen, G., Volral, M.

The World Economy, Vol. 45, Issue 7, pp. 2222-2250 (2022).

This paper is the first to estimate the impact of a direct measurement of firm-level upstreamness (i.e. the steps—weighted distance—before the production of a firm meets either domestic or foreign final demand) on productivity and wage costs. To this end, we merged detailed Belgian linked panel data, covering all years from 2002 to 2010, with a unique dataset containing accurate information on the yearly position of each firm in the value chain. We rely on the methodological framework pioneered by Hellerstein et al. (Journal of Labor Economics, 1999, 17, 409) to estimate panel data models at the firm level. Controlling for key worker and firm characteristics, our GMM-SYS and FE-IV estimates show that firms positioned more upstream (i.e. further away from the final consumer) create more value. Our results also indicate that the impact of firm-level upstreamness is stronger on productivity than on wage costs, which implies that profitability is fostered. More precisely, in line with Belgium’s strong labour market institutions, our estimates suggest that the productivity gains associated with upstreamness are shared almost equally between wages and profits.

Educational and skills mismatches : unravelling their effects on wages across Europe

Cultrera, L., Mahy, B., Rycx, F., Vermeylen, G.

Education Economics, Vol. 30, Issue 6, pp. 561-573 (2022).

This paper is among the first to investigate the impact of over-education and over-skilling on workers’ wages using a unique pan-European database covering twenty-eight countries for the year 2014, namely the CEDEFOP’s European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey. Overall, the results suggest the existence of a wage penalty associated with over-education. When the educational and the skills mismatches are interacted with each other in order to distinguish apparent over-education from genuine over-education, the results highlight that the workers with the highest wage penalty are those who are both over-educated and over-skilled.

Workers’ tenure and firm productivity: New evidence from matched employer-employee panel data

Gagliani, N., Grinza,E., Rycx, F.

Industrial, a Journal of Economy and Society Relations, Vol. 62, Issue 1, pp. 3-33 (2022).

Using rich longitudinal matched employer-employee data on Belgian firms, we explore the impact of workers’ tenure on firm productivity. To do so, we estimate production functions augmented with firm-level measures of tenure. We deal with the endogeneity of standard inputs and tenure, which arises from unobserved firm heterogeneity and reverse causality, by applying a modified version of Ackerberg et al.’s (2015) control function method, which explicitly removes firm fixed effects. Consistently with recent theoretical predictions, our analyses point to positive, but decreasing, returns to tenure. We also find that the impact differs widely across several firm dimensions. Tenure is particularly beneficial for productivity in contexts characterized by a certain degree of routineness and low job complexity. Along the same lines, our findings indicate that tenure exerts stronger positive impacts in industrial and capital-intensive firms, as well as in firms less reliant on ICT-intensive and knowledge-intensive processes.

The effects of trade-induced worker displacement on health and mortality in Mexico

Fernandez Guerrico, S.

Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 80, 102538 (2021).

Child penalties across industries: why job characteristics matter

Fontenay, S., Murphy, T., & Tojerow, I.

Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 30, Issue 4, pp. 488-495 (2021).

A Broken Social Elevator? Employment Outcomes of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in Belgium

Piton, C., & Rycx, F.

De Economist, 169, pp. 319–365 (2021).

Do banking crises improve democracy?

Kouevi-Gath, B., & Méon, P-G.

Public Choice, 186, pp. 413–446 (2021).

Politicians at higher levels of government are perceived as more corrupt

François, A., & Méon, P-G.

European Journal of Political Economy, 67, 101962 (2021).

Democratic transitions can attract foreign direct investment: Effect, trajectories, and the role of political risk

Lacroix, J., Méon, P-G., & Sekkat, K.

Journal of Comparative Economics, 49, Issue 2, pp. 340-357 (2021).

Global Racist Contagion Following Donald Trump’s Election

Giani, M., & Méon, P-G.


British Journal of Political Science , 51 , Issue 3 , pp. 1332-1339 (2021).

A time to throw stones, a time to reap: how long does it take for democratic transitions to improve institutional outcomes?

Méon, P-G., & Sekkat, K.

Journal of Institutional Economics, First View, pp. 1-15 (2021).

Over-education among immigrants: the role of demographics, time, and firm characteristics

Jacobs, V., Mahy, B., Rycx, F., & Volral, M.

Applied Economics, 53, Issue 1, pp. 61-78 (2021).

Upstreamness, Wages and Gender: Equal Benefits for All?

Gagliardi, N., Mahy, B., & Rycx, F.

British Journal of Industrial Relations, 59 (1), pp. 52-83 (2021).

Wage Discrimination Based on the Country of Birth: Do Tenure and Product Market Competition Matter?

Fays, V., Mahy, B., Rycx, F., & Volral, M.

Applied Economics, 53 (13), pp. 1551-1571 (2021).

Réduire le temps de travail pour améliorer l’emploi des moins qualifiés ? Une évaluation socio-économique ex ante du passage à la semaine de quatre jours au sein de l’agence Bruxelles-propreté

Bertrand, O., Fontaine, M., & Hausmann, T.

Dynamiques régionales, 10, pp. 59-80 (2021).

Migration, discrimination salariale et sur-éducation: quel est l’impact de l’hétérogénéité des travailleurs?

Fays, V., Jacobs, V., Mahy, B., Rycx, F., & Volral, M.

Dynamiques régionales, 9, pp. 57-72 (2020).

Mismatch éducatif et rentabilité des entreprises: une stratégie gagnante?

Mahy, B., Rycx, F., & Vermeylen, G.

Dynamiques régionales, 9, pp. 37-56 (2020).

Comment l’inégalité salariale intra-firme influence-t-elle la productivité et l’absentéisme pour maladie dans le secteur privé belge?

Mahy, B., Rycx, F., & Volral, M.

Dynamiques régionales, 9, pp. 73-85 (2020).

Quels effets les contrats de travail à durée déterminée ont-ils au plan global et sectoriel sur la productivité, les salaires et les profits des firmes belges ?

Giuliano, R., Mahy, B., & Rycx, F.

Dynamiques régionales, 9, pp. 17-36 (2020).

La position des entreprises dans la chaîne de valeur, productivité, salaires et profits: qu’en dit la littérature?

Mahy, B., Rycx, F., Vermeylen, G., & Volral, M.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, LVIII(2-3), pp. 95-104 (2020).

Upstreamness, Wages and Workers’ Origin: A Review of the Literature

Fays, V., Mahy, B., & Rycx, F.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, LVIII(2-3), 105-114 (2020).

Trade, GVCs and Wage Inequality: Theoretical and Empirical Insights”

Dhyne, E., Mahy, B., & Rycx, F.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, LVIII(2-3), pp. 115-134 (2020).

Productivity and Wage Effects of Firm-Level Collective Agreements: Evidence from Belgian Linked Panel Data

Garnero, A., Rycx, F., & Terraz, I.

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 58 (4), pp. 936-972 (2020).

L’union fait la force? Evidence for Wage Discrimination in Firms with High Diversity

Grinza, E., Kampelmann, S., & Rycx, F.

Journal of Economic Inequality, 18 (2), pp. 181-211 (2020).

The Impact of Sickness Absenteeism on Productivity: New Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data

Grinza, E., & Rycx, F.

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 59 (1), pp. 150-194 (2020).

Over-, Required, and Undereducation: Consequences on the Bottom Lines of Firms

Kampelmann, S., Mahy, B., Rycx, F., & Vermeylen, G.

Labour, 34/1 , pp. 80-112 (2020).

Les chaînes de valeur mondiales

 Dhyne, E., Mahy, B., & Rycx, F.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, double special issue, LVII(2-3): pp. 5-141 (2020).

Does Firms’ Position in Global Value Chains Matter for Workers’ Wages? An Overview with a Gender Perspective

Gagliardi, N., Mahy, B., & Rycx, F.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, LVII(4), pp. 55-62 (2019).

The Unemployment Impact of Product and Labour Market Regulation: Evidence from European Countries

Piton,C., & Rycx, F.

 IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 9 (2), pp. 1-32 (2019).

Heterogeneous effects of credit constraints on SME’s employment : Evidence from the European sovereign debt crisis

Cornille, D., Rycx, F., & Tojerow, I.

Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, 41, pp. 1-13 (2019).

Blame the Parents ? How Parental Unemployment Affects Labor Supply and Job Quality for Young Adults

Fradkin, A., Panier, F., & Tojerow, I.

Journal of Labor Economics, 37(1), pp. 35-100 (2019).

The minority ethic : Rethinking religious denominations, minority status, and educational achievement across the globe

Méon, P-G., & Tojerow, I.

Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, pp. 1-19 (2018).

Misalignment of Productivity and Wages across Regions

Rycx, François; Kampelmann, Stephen; Saks, Yves & Tojerow, Ilan

Regional Studies, 52(12), pp. 1695-1707 (2018)..

Quels sont les déterminants des disparités géographiques du taux d’invalidité en Belgique?

De Brouwer, O., & Tojerow, I.

Revue de Sécurité Sociale, 1, pp. 5-63 (2018).

The Practice of Putting Welfare Beneficiaries to Work and Social Welfare in Belgium : What Integration ?

Avanzo, S.

The Social Question in the Global World, Cambridge Scholars Publishing – Enabudged Editor, pp. 208-233 (2018).

Does Education Raise Productivity and Wages Equally ? The Moderating Role of Age and Gender

Rycx, F., Kampelmann, S., Saks, Y., & Tojerow, I.

IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 7(1), pp. 1-37 (2018).

Orientation des politiques régionales de l’emploi après la 6e Réforme de l’Etat

Rennoir, M., & Tojerow, I.

Dynamiques Régionales, 6, pp. 97-117 (2018).

La nouvelle politique industrielle wallonne

Bayenet, B.

in : Actes du Colloque des 8 et 9 juin 2017 « Quelle nouvelle politique industrielle pour la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale », Conseil Economique et Social, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (2017).

Conclusions et synthèse

Bayenet, B., Brunet, S., Caruso, F. and O’Dorchai, S.

Rapport sur l’Economie Wallonne, pp. 271-284 (2017).

Un diagnostic de l’investissement en Wallonie

Bayenet, B., Caruso, F., Louis, V., Scourneau, V. and Verschueren, F.

Rapport sur l’Economie Wallonne, pp. 63-139 (2017).

Rapport sur l’Economie Wallonne

Bayenet, B. and Brunet, S. (eds)

En collaboration avec l’IWEPS, la Cellule d’analyse économique et stratégique de la Sogepa et la DG06 (Région Wallonne), 313 p. (2017).

Short Notice, Big Difference ? The Effect of Temporary Employment on Firm Competitiveness Across Sectors

Rycx, F., Giuliano, R., Kampelmann, S. and Mahy, B.

British Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(2), pp. 421-449 (2017).

Does Corporate Social Responsability Make Over-Educated Workers More Productive ?

Rycx, F., Giuliano, R., Mahy, B. and Vermeylen, G.

Applied Economics, 49(6), pp. 587-605 (2017).

Aide sociale : contractualisation et contrepartie

Avanzo, S. and Hamzaoui, M.

Les Politiques Sociales, 1-2 (2017).

Les finances et l’autonomie fiscale des entités fédérées après la sixième réforme de l’Etat

Bayenet, B., Bourgeois, M. and Darte, D.

Larcier, 993 p., (2017).

La responsabilité sociale des entreprises permet-elle aux travailleurs sur-éduqués d’être plus productifs ?

Giuliano, R. Mahy, B., Rycx, F. and Vermeylen, G.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 55(4), pp. 93-104 (2016).

La dispersion salariale augmente-t-elle l’absentéisme au sein des firmes ?

Mahy, B. Rycx, F. and Volral, M.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 55(4), pp. 71-80 (2016).

Emploi temporaires et profits des firmes belges: une approche sectorielle

Giuliano, R. Kampelmann, S., Mahy, B. and Rycx, F.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 55(4), pp. 57-69 (2016).

Is Workforce Diversity Always Performance-enhancing ? A Literature Review

Garnero, A., Kampelmann, S. and Rycx, F.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 55(4), pp. 81-91 (2016).

Conclusions et synthèses

Bayenet, B., Brunet, S. and Caruso, F.

Rapport sur l’Economie Wallonne, pp. 251-259 (2016).

Rapport sur l’Economie Wallonne

Bayenet, B. and Brunet, S. (eds)

En collaboration avec l’IWEPS, la Cellule d’analyse économique et stratégique de la Sogepa et la DG06 (Région Wallonne), 260 p. (2016).

La fin de carrière des sportifs professionnels

Avanzo, S.

In : Hamzaoui, M., Léonard, D. and Artois, P., Vieillissement et société : Catégorisation, Travail, Politiques Sociales, Louvain-La-Neuve : Academia, pp. 133-146 (2016).

Le secteur de l’insertion socio-professionnelle à l’épreuve de l’activation

Avanzo, S.

In : Hamzaoui, M., Artois, P. and Mélon, L., Le secteur non marchand au coeur du changement, Charleroi : Couleur-Livres (2016).

Productivité et salaires des "groupes à risque" en Belgique

Rycx, F., Mahy, B. and Vandenberghe, V.

Perspectives de la vie économique, Vol. LV(4), pp. 5-114 (2016).

(Mis)Alignment of Productivity and Wages : Firm-level Evidence

Rycx, F. Konings, J. and Vandenberghe, V. (eds)

International Journal of Manpower, special issue, Vol.37(2), pp. 197-392 (2016).

Productivity, Wages and Profits among Belgian Firms : Do Fixed-Term Contracts Matter ?

Rycx, F. Garnero, A., Mahy, B. and Guiliano, R.

International Journal of Manpower, 37(2), pp. 303-322 (2016).

Wage Discrimination Against Foreigners : Measurement with Firm-level Productivity Data

Rycx, F. and Kampelmann, S.

Iza Journal of Development and Migration, 5(15), 24 p. (2016).

Are Workers Less Absent when Wage Dispersion is small ?

Rycx, F., Mahy, B. and Voiral, M.

International Journal of Manpower, 37(2), pp. 197-209 (2016).

Clustérisation et attractivité des IDE : l’exemple des districts de la république tchèque – Une analyse multi-niveau

Avioutskii, V., Roth, F. and Tensaout, M.

Brussels Economic Review, 58(3) (2015).

Le financement des entités décentralisées dans la nouvelle Belgique fédérale

Bayenet, B. and Husson,J.-F.

« La dotation globale de fonctionnement en question : éléments d’évaluation et perspectives », Association des Communautés urbaines et métropoles de France, Association des maires des grandes villes de France et Association des petites villes de France, pp. 114-129 (2015).

Les politiques d’activation de l’aide sociale et les mises au travail en Belgique : quels impacts sur l’insertion ?

Avanzo, S.

Acciones e Investigaciones Sociales, 35, pp. 115-132 (2015).

Sharp Teeth of Empty Mouths ? Revisiting the Minimum Wage bite with Sectoral Data

Rycx, F., Garnero, A. and Kampelmann, S.

British Journal of Industrial Relations, 53(4), pp. 760-788 (2015).

Minimum Wages Systems and Earnings Inequalities : does Institutional Diversity Matter ?

Rycx, F. Garnero, A. and Kampelmann, S.

European Journal of Industrial Relations, 21(2), pp. 115-130 (2015).

Educational Mismatch and Firm Productivity : do Skills, Technology and Uncertainty Matter ?

Rycx, F. Mahy, B. and Vermeylen, G.

De Economist, 163(2), pp. 233-262 (2015).

Teacher Staffing and Pay Differences : Public vs. Private Schools

Allegretto, S. A. and Tojerow, I.

Monthly Labor Review (2014).

Part-time Work, Wages and Productivity : do Skills, Technology and Uncertainty Matter ?

Rycx, F., Garnero, A. and Kampelmann, S.

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 67(3), pp. 926-954 (2014).

Productivity Gains and Spillovers from Offshoring

Rycx, F. and Bernhard, M.

Review of International Economics, 22(1), pp. 73-85 (2014).

The Regional Dimension of Collective Wage Bargaining : the Case of Belgium

Rusinek, M. and Tojerow, I.

Regional Studies, 48(2), pp. 301-317 (2014).

The Heterogeneous Effects of Workforce Diversity on Productivity, Wages and Profits

Rycx, F., Garnero, A. and Kampelmann, S.

Industrial Relations : A Journal of Industrial Relations, 53(3), pp. 430-477 (2014).

Educational Mismatch and Productivity: A Review

Mahy, B., Rycx, F. and Vermeylen G.

Dynamiques régionales, 2014/1, pp. 17-26 (2014).

The Dynamics of Task-biased Technological Change: The Case of Occupations

Kampelmann, S. and Rycx, F.

Brussels Economic Review, 56(2) (2013).

Rent-sharing under Different Bargaining Regimes : Evidence from Linked Employer-employee Data

Rycx, F. and Rusinek, M.

British Journal of Industrial Relations, 51(3), pp. 28-58 (2013).

Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium ?

Rycx, F. and Kampelmann, S.

Socio-Economic Review, 11(1), pp. 131-157. (2013)

Wage structure effects of International Trade in a Small Open Economy : the Case of Belgium

Du Caju, P., Rycx, F. and Tojerow, I.

Review of World Economics, 48(2), pp. 297-331 (2012).

L’emploi temporaire: une rente pour les entreprises ?

Giuliano, R., Mahy, B. and Rycx, F.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 51(3), pp. 85-95 (2012).

Are Occupations paid what they are worth ? An Econometric Study into Occupational Wage Inequality and Productivity ?

Rycx, F. and Kampelmann, S.

De Economist, 160(3), pp. 257-287 (2012).

Work Organization, Performance and Health

Rycx, F., Citoni, G. and Mahy, B. (eds)

International Journal of Manpower, special issue, 33(3), pp. 224-339 (2012).

The Impact of Educational Mismatch on Firm Productivity : Evidence from Linked Panel Data ?

Rycx, F. and Kampelmann, S.

Economics of Education Review, 31(6), pp. 918-931 (2012).

Does It pay to be Productive ? The Case of Age Groups

Rycx, F., Cataldi, A. and Kampelmann, S.

International Journal of Manpower, 33(3), pp. 264-283 (2011).

Does Offshoring of Materials and Business Services Affect Employment ?

Rycx, F. and Bernhard, M.

Applied Economics, 44(2), pp. 229-251 (2011).

Wages of Occupations in Theory… and Practice

Kampelmann, S. and Rycx, F.

Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 50(4), pp. 119-131 (2011).

Inter-Industry Wage Differentials : How Much Does Rent Sharing Matter ?

Du Caju, P., Rycx, F. and Tojerow, I.

The Manchester School, 79(4), pp. 691-717 (2011).

Wage Differentials across Sectors in Europe : an East-West Comparison

Rycx, F., Magda, I. Tojerow, I. and Valsamis, D.

The Economics of Transition, 19(4), pp. 749-769 (2011).

Wage Dispersion and Firm Productivity in Different Working Environments

Rycx, François; Mahy, Benoît & Voiral, Mélanie (2011)
British Journal of Industrial Relations, 49(3), 460-485.

Productivity-Wage Gaps among Age Groups : does the ICT Environment Matter ?

Rycx, F., Cataldi, A. and Kampelmann, S.

De Economist, special issue on Workforce Aging, 159(2), pp. 193-221 (2011).

Does Wage Dispersion make all Firms more Productive ?

Rycx, François; Mahy, Benoît & Volral, Mélanie (2011)
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 58(4), 455-489.

Wage Structures, Employment Adjustments and Globalization. Evidence from Linked and Firm-level Panel Data Sets

Are older Workers Harmful for Firm Productivity

Rycx, François & Lallemand, Thierry (2009)
De Economist, 157(3), 273-292.

Industry Wage Differentials, Rent Sharing and Gender in Belgium

Tojerow, Ilan (2008)
Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique , 47(3), 55-65.

L’influence de la dispersion salariale sur la performance des grandes entreprises belges

Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie (2008)
Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 47(3), 27-40

Quelle est l’influence des négociations d’entreprise sur la structure des salaires ?

Rusinek, Michael & Rycx, François (2008)
Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 47(3), 101-114

Women and Competition in Elimination Tournaments. Evidence from Professional Tennis Data

Rycx, François; Lallemand, Thierry & Plasman, Robert (2008)
Journal of Sports Economics, 9(1), 3-19.

Unemployment, Innovation and R&D

in Rycx, François; Garofalo, Antonio & Concetto Paolo Vinci (eds) (2008)
International Journal of Manpower, special issue, 29(3), 192-298.

The Establishment-Size Wage Premium : Evidence from European Countries

Rycx, François; Lallemand, Thierry & Plasman, Robert (2007)
Empirica, 34(5), 427-451.

La régionalisation de la négociation salariale en Belgique : vraie nécessité ou faux débat ?

Plasman, Robert; Rusinek, Michael & Tojerow, Ilan (2007)
Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 56(2/3), 65-74.

Inter-Industry Wage Differentials: What Do We Know?

Rycx, François & Tojerow, Ilan (2007)
Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 56(2/3), 13-22

Employer Size and the Structure of Wages: A Critical Survey

Lallemand, Thierry & Rycx, François (2007)
Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 46(2/3), 75-87

Pratiques dans les entreprises et marché du travail

Rycx, François; Mahy, Benoît & Plasman, Robert (2007)
Reflets & Perspectives de la vie économique, double special issue, 28(7), 532-650.

Labour Contracts, Wages and Employment

Rycx, François; Altavilla, Carlo & Mahy, Benoît (eds) (2007)
International Journal of Manpower, special issue, 28(7), 532-650.

Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap : Evidence from European Countries

Gannon, Brenda; Plasman, Robert; Rycx, François & Tojerow, Ilan (2007)
The Economic and Social Review, 38(1), 135-155.

Wage Differentials in Belgium: The Role of Worker and Employer Characteristics

Plasman, Robert; Rycx, François & Tojerow, Ilan (2007)
Brussels Economic Review , 50(1), 11-38.

Gender Pay Differentials : Cross-National Evidence from Micro-Data

in Rycx, François; Mahy, Benoît & Plasman, Robert (2006)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 224 p.

Economie de la demande de travail

Rycx, François; Mahy, Benoît & Plasman, Robert (eds) (2005)
Reflets & Perspectives de la vie économique, XLIII(2), 3-107.

HRM and Job Performance Incentives

Rycx, François; Mahy, Benoît & Plasman, Robert (2005)
International Journal of Manpower, double special issue, 26(7/8), 611-749.

Minimum Wages, Low Pay and Unemployment

in Rycx, François; Meulders, Danièle & Plasman, Robert (Eds) (2004)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 248 p.

Rent Sharing and the Gender Wage Gap in Belgium

Rycx, François & Tojerow, Ilan (2004)
International Journal of Manpower, 25(3-4), 279-299.

Earning Inequalities : Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation

Rycx, François; Meulders, Daniièle & Plasman, Robert (2004)
International Journal of Manpower, double special issue, 25(3-4), 239-377.

Competitive Versus non Competitive Wage Differentials

Rycx, François; Meulders, Danièle & Plasman, Robert (2003)
International Journal of Manpower, 24(4), 323-491.

Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap in Belgium

Rycx, François & Tojerow, Ilan (2002)
Brussels Economic Review, 45(2), 119-141.

Gender Wage Gaps : a European Perspective

Rycx, François; Meulders, Danièle & Plasman, Robert (2002)
Brussels Economic Review, special issue, 45(2), 2-246.