François Rycx
Biographic Data
| ID | 896443 |
|---|---|
| NAME | François Rycx |
| GIVEN NAMES | François |
| FAMILY NAME | Rycx |
| SIGNATURE | RYCX F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0964-0939 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Moving up the social ladder? Wages of first- and second-generation immigrants from developing countries
Workers’ tenure and firm productivity: New evidence from matched employer‐employee panel data
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 exp…
Productivity and wage effects of firm‐level upstreamness: Evidence from Belgian linked panel data
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. …
The Impact of Sickness Absenteeism on Firm Productivity: New Evidence from Belgian Matched Employer–Employee Panel Data
Using rich longitudinal matched employer–employee data for Belgium, we provide a first investigation of the impact of sickness absenteeism on firms’ productivity. To do so, we estimate a production function augmented with a firm‐level measure of sickness absenteeism that we constructed from worker‐level information on nonworked hours due to illness or injury. We deal with the endogeneity of inputs and sickness absenteeism by applying a modified v…
L’union fait la force? Evidence for wage discrimination in firms with high diversity
Productivity and Wage Effects of Firm-Level Collective Agreements: Evidence from Belgian Linked Panel Data
Misalignment of productivity and wages across regions: Evidence from Belgium
This paper is one of the first to estimate how regions affect the productivity, wage cost and cost competitiveness (i.e., the productivity–wage gap) of firms. Detailed linked employer–employee panel data for Belgium and the Hellerstein–Neumark framework are used to estimate dynamic models at the establishment level. The findings show that interregional differences in productivity and wages are significant, but to a large extent due to drivers at …
Wage discrimination against immigrants: Measurement With Firm-Level Productivity Data
This paper is one of the first to use employer-employee data on wages and labor productivity to measure discrimination against immigrants. We build on an identification strategy proposed by Bartolucci (Ind Labor Relat Rev 67(4):1166-1202, 2014) and address firm fixed effects and endogeneity issues through a diff GMM-IV estimator. Our models also test for gender-based discrimination. Empirical results for Belgium suggest significant wage discrimin…
Minimum Wage Systems and Earnings Inequalities: Does Institutional Diversity Matter
Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? E uropean Institutional Diversity and the Sector‐Level Minimum Wage Bite
The article explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral‐level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 E uropean countries and information from more than 1,100 collective bargaining agreements. Results provide evidence for a neglected trade‐off: systems with bargained sectoral‐level minima are associated with higher K…
The Heterogeneous Effects of Workforce Diversity on Productivity, Wages, and Profits
We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages, and productivity–wage gaps (i.e., profits) using detailed Belgian linked employer–employee panel data. Findings show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. While gender diversity is found to generate significant gains in high‐tech/knowledge‐intensive sectors, the opposite result is obtained in more traditional industries. Estim…
Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities: Does institutional diversity matter
This article explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of harmonized microdata from household surveys, data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates and information on minimum rates compiled from more than 1100 sectoral-level agreements across Europe. The analysis covers 18 countries over the period 2007–2009. Empirical results confirm the…
Part-Time Work, Wages, and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data
The authors use matched employer-employee panel data on Belgian private-sector firms to estimate the relationship between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time work and gender. Findings suggest that the groups of women and part-timers generate employer rents but also that the origin of these rents differs (relatively lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactio…
Part-Time Work, Wages and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data
The Heterogeneous Effects of Workforce Diversity on Productivity, Wages and Profits
Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data
Does institutional diversity account for pay rules in Germany and Belgium
This article examines the relationship between institutions and the remuneration of different jobs by comparing the German and Belgian labour markets with respect to a typology of institutions (social representations, norms, conventions, legislation and organizations). The observed institutional differences between the two countries lead to the hypotheses of (I) higher overall pay inequality in Germany; (II) higher pay inequalities between employ…
Does Wage Dispersion Make All Firms Productive
This article puts the relationship between wage dispersion and firm productivity to an updated test, taking advantage of access to detailed Belgian linked employer–employee panel data. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time‐invariant workplace characteristics and dynamics in the adjustment process of productivity, empirical results reveal the existence of a positive impact from conditional intra‐firm wage dispersion to firm productivity (measu…
Overeducation on the Belgian labour market: Evaluation and analysis of the explanatory factors through two types of approaches
(2007). Overeducation on the Belgian labour market: evaluation and analysis of the explanatory factors through two types of approaches. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education: Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 513-532
Wage discrimination against immigrants: Measurement With Firm-Level Productivity Data
This paper is one of the first to use employer-employee data on wages and labor productivity to measure discrimination against immigrants. We build on an identification strategy proposed by Bartolucci (Ind Labor Relat Rev 67(4):1166-1202, 2014) and address firm fixed effects and endogeneity issues through a diff GMM-IV estimator. Our models also test for gender-based discrimination. Empirical results for Belgium suggest significant wage discrimin…
Does Wage Dispersion Make All Firms Productive
This article puts the relationship between wage dispersion and firm productivity to an updated test, taking advantage of access to detailed Belgian linked employer–employee panel data. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time‐invariant workplace characteristics and dynamics in the adjustment process of productivity, empirical results reveal the existence of a positive impact from conditional intra‐firm wage dispersion to firm productivity (measu…
Moving up the social ladder? Wages of first- and second-generation immigrants from developing countries
L’union fait la force? Evidence for wage discrimination in firms with high diversity
Misalignment of productivity and wages across regions: Evidence from Belgium
This paper is one of the first to estimate how regions affect the productivity, wage cost and cost competitiveness (i.e., the productivity–wage gap) of firms. Detailed linked employer–employee panel data for Belgium and the Hellerstein–Neumark framework are used to estimate dynamic models at the establishment level. The findings show that interregional differences in productivity and wages are significant, but to a large extent due to drivers at …
Part-Time Work, Wages, and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data
The authors use matched employer-employee panel data on Belgian private-sector firms to estimate the relationship between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time work and gender. Findings suggest that the groups of women and part-timers generate employer rents but also that the origin of these rents differs (relatively lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactio…
Overeducation on the Belgian labour market: Evaluation and analysis of the explanatory factors through two types of approaches
(2007). Overeducation on the Belgian labour market: evaluation and analysis of the explanatory factors through two types of approaches. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education: Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 513-532
Overeducation on the Belgian labour market: Evaluation and analysis of the explanatory factors through two types of approaches
(2007). Overeducation on the Belgian labour market: evaluation and analysis of the explanatory factors through two types of approaches. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education: Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 513-532
Does Wage Dispersion Make All Firms Productive
This article puts the relationship between wage dispersion and firm productivity to an updated test, taking advantage of access to detailed Belgian linked employer–employee panel data. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time‐invariant workplace characteristics and dynamics in the adjustment process of productivity, empirical results reveal the existence of a positive impact from conditional intra‐firm wage dispersion to firm productivity (measu…
Part-Time Work, Wages and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data
The Heterogeneous Effects of Workforce Diversity on Productivity, Wages and Profits
Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data
Does institutional diversity account for pay rules in Germany and Belgium
This article examines the relationship between institutions and the remuneration of different jobs by comparing the German and Belgian labour markets with respect to a typology of institutions (social representations, norms, conventions, legislation and organizations). The observed institutional differences between the two countries lead to the hypotheses of (I) higher overall pay inequality in Germany; (II) higher pay inequalities between employ…
Minimum Wage Systems and Earnings Inequalities: Does Institutional Diversity Matter
Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? E uropean Institutional Diversity and the Sector‐Level Minimum Wage Bite
The article explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral‐level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 E uropean countries and information from more than 1,100 collective bargaining agreements. Results provide evidence for a neglected trade‐off: systems with bargained sectoral‐level minima are associated with higher K…
The Heterogeneous Effects of Workforce Diversity on Productivity, Wages, and Profits
We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages, and productivity–wage gaps (i.e., profits) using detailed Belgian linked employer–employee panel data. Findings show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. While gender diversity is found to generate significant gains in high‐tech/knowledge‐intensive sectors, the opposite result is obtained in more traditional industries. Estim…
Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities: Does institutional diversity matter
This article explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of harmonized microdata from household surveys, data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates and information on minimum rates compiled from more than 1100 sectoral-level agreements across Europe. The analysis covers 18 countries over the period 2007–2009. Empirical results confirm the…
Part-Time Work, Wages, and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data
The authors use matched employer-employee panel data on Belgian private-sector firms to estimate the relationship between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time work and gender. Findings suggest that the groups of women and part-timers generate employer rents but also that the origin of these rents differs (relatively lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactio…
Wage discrimination against immigrants: Measurement With Firm-Level Productivity Data
This paper is one of the first to use employer-employee data on wages and labor productivity to measure discrimination against immigrants. We build on an identification strategy proposed by Bartolucci (Ind Labor Relat Rev 67(4):1166-1202, 2014) and address firm fixed effects and endogeneity issues through a diff GMM-IV estimator. Our models also test for gender-based discrimination. Empirical results for Belgium suggest significant wage discrimin…
Productivity and Wage Effects of Firm-Level Collective Agreements: Evidence from Belgian Linked Panel Data
Misalignment of productivity and wages across regions: Evidence from Belgium
This paper is one of the first to estimate how regions affect the productivity, wage cost and cost competitiveness (i.e., the productivity–wage gap) of firms. Detailed linked employer–employee panel data for Belgium and the Hellerstein–Neumark framework are used to estimate dynamic models at the establishment level. The findings show that interregional differences in productivity and wages are significant, but to a large extent due to drivers at …
The Impact of Sickness Absenteeism on Firm Productivity: New Evidence from Belgian Matched Employer–Employee Panel Data
Using rich longitudinal matched employer–employee data for Belgium, we provide a first investigation of the impact of sickness absenteeism on firms’ productivity. To do so, we estimate a production function augmented with a firm‐level measure of sickness absenteeism that we constructed from worker‐level information on nonworked hours due to illness or injury. We deal with the endogeneity of inputs and sickness absenteeism by applying a modified v…
L’union fait la force? Evidence for wage discrimination in firms with high diversity
Productivity and wage effects of firm‐level upstreamness: Evidence from Belgian linked panel data
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. …
Workers’ tenure and firm productivity: New evidence from matched employer‐employee panel data
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 exp…
Moving up the social ladder? Wages of first- and second-generation immigrants from developing countries
Economics (19 works) · Labour economics (19 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (16 works) · Demographic economics (13 works) · Productivity (12 works) · Wage (12 works) · Econometrics (11 works) · Panel data (9 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Political science (7 works)