Sabien Dobbelaere
Biographic Data
| ID | 1101995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sabien Dobbelaere |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sabien |
| FAMILY NAME | Dobbelaere |
| SIGNATURE | DOBBELAERE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tinbergen Institute and IZA Institute of Labor Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam the Netherlands |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9521-4893 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Offshoring and Labor Market Power: Comparing Belgian and Dutch Firms
We study the relationship between offshoring and labor market imperfections at the firm level in Belgium and the Netherlands. In both countries, wage‐markup pricing stemming from workers' monopoly power is more prevalent than wage‐markdown pricing originating from firms' monopsony power. Offshoring is associated with a higher prevalence and intensity of wage markdowns, driven by an increase in productivity that is only imperfectly passed through …
Firm consolidation and labor market outcomes
Using rich administrative data from the Netherlands, we study the consequences of firm consolidation for workers. For workers at acquired firms, takeovers are associated with a 8.5% drop in employment at the consolidated firm and a 2.6% drop in total labor income. These effects persist even four years after the takeover and are consistent with job losses driven by involuntary separations. Few takeovers change labor market concentration meaningful…
Organized Labor, Labor Market Imperfections, and Employer Wage Premia
This article examines how collective bargaining through unions and workplace codetermination through works councils relate to labor market imperfections and how labor market imperfections relate to employer wage premia. Based on representative German plant data for the years 1999-2016, the authors document that 70% of employers pay wages below the marginal revenue product of labor and 30% pay wages above that level. Findings further show that the…
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Organized Labor, Labor Market Imperfections, and Employer Wage Premia
This article examines how collective bargaining through unions and workplace codetermination through works councils relate to labor market imperfections and how labor market imperfections relate to employer wage premia. Based on representative German plant data for the years 1999-2016, the authors document that 70% of employers pay wages below the marginal revenue product of labor and 30% pay wages above that level. Findings further show that the…
Firm consolidation and labor market outcomes
Using rich administrative data from the Netherlands, we study the consequences of firm consolidation for workers. For workers at acquired firms, takeovers are associated with a 8.5% drop in employment at the consolidated firm and a 2.6% drop in total labor income. These effects persist even four years after the takeover and are consistent with job losses driven by involuntary separations. Few takeovers change labor market concentration meaningful…
Offshoring and Labor Market Power: Comparing Belgian and Dutch Firms
We study the relationship between offshoring and labor market imperfections at the firm level in Belgium and the Netherlands. In both countries, wage‐markup pricing stemming from workers' monopoly power is more prevalent than wage‐markdown pricing originating from firms' monopsony power. Offshoring is associated with a higher prevalence and intensity of wage markdowns, driven by an increase in productivity that is only imperfectly passed through …
Economics (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Efficiency wage (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Wage (2 works)