Linked employer-employee data offer a wide range of possibilities for researchers. For example, this type of data is used to understand the role of worker and firm quality in the development of wage inequality, as for example in Card, Heining, Kline (2013). A widely used approach to identify worker and firm quality was developed by Abowd, Kramarz and Margolis (1999).
Since then, many researchers have used the AKM model to study worker and firm heterogeneity in wages, as well as the importance of labour market sorting. While the model continues to be heavily used until today, recent developments discuss potential biases and propose corrections (for example Abowd et al, 2004; Andrews et al, 2008, 2012; Kline, Saggio, Sølvsten 2020; Bonhomme et al, 2023). As with the first edition of the workshop that took place in 2023, the purpose of the second edition continues to be to bring together researchers working on or interested in topics related to worker and firm quality to discuss current work.
Date
26.5.2025 - 27.5.2025
Venue
Institute for Employment Research
Regensburger Straße 104
90478 Nürnberg
Room Re100 E10
Programme
Monday, 26 May 2025
9.30 Registration and Welcoming,
- Luisa Braunschweig (IAB), Mara Buhmann (IAB), Duncan Roth (IAB)
9.45 Keynote I: Unpacking Firm Effects: The Role of Institutions and Ownership
- Raffaele Saggio (University of British Columbia)
10.45 Break
11.00 Session I
Interviews
- Jason Sockin (Cornell University)
Outside options and the sharing of match-specific rents
- Simon Ek (IFAU)
Labor Market Tightness and Assortative Worker-Firm Matching
- Martin Friedrich (IAB)
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Session II
The Role of Industries, Occupations and Firms in the Evolution of Wage Inequality
- Luisa Braunschweig (IAB)
Workplace Heterogeneity in Wage Growth
- Ines Helm (University of Linz)
FDI, technological progress and inequality
- Balázs Reizer (Corvinus University Budapest)
15.00 Break
15.30 Session III
Human Capital Ladders, Cyclical Sorting, and Hysteresis
- Edoardo Maria Acabbi (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Unpacking the Wage Sorting Trend
- Malthe Elholm (Aarhus University)
Worker Sorting and the Gender Wage Gap
- Giulia Vattuone (Stockholm University)
17.00 Break
17.15 Session IV
The Role of Firms and Occupations in Wage Inequality
- Shihang Hou (IAB)
Labor Market Competition and Inequality
- Jose Garcia-Louzao (Bank of Lithuania)
19.30 Uhr Conference dinner
- Etage, Großweidenmühlstraße 9, 90419 Nuremberg
Meet outside IAB at 18:45 or come to the restaurant directly
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
9.00 Welcoming
- Bernd Fitzenberger (IAB)
9.15 Keynote II: Firm Wage Premia: What Are They?
- Jesse Rothstein (University of California, Berkeley)
10. 15 Break
10.30 Session V
The Right Person for the Right Job: Matching, Agglomeration, and Wages
- Wolfgang Dauth (IAB)
Separations Revisited: Do Layoffs or Quits Drive Lower Separation Rates in HighQuality Firms?
- Tom Zohar (CEMFI)
11.30 Break
12.00 Session VI
No More Limited Mobility Bias: Exploring the Heterogeneity of Labor Markets
- Miren Azkarate-Askasua (University of Mannheim)
Wage Bargaining and Wage Posting Firms
- Kerstin Holzheu (Sciences Po)
13.00 End of conference
13.30 Optional lunch
- Sora-Mirai, Regensburger Straße 63, 90478 Nuremberg
Meet outside IAB at 13:15 or come to the restaurant directly
Contact
For further information please contact Duncan Roth, IAB