Since Quetelet's work in the nineteenth century, social science has iconified the average
man, that hypothetical man without qualities who is comfortable with his head in the oven …

This study focuses on the impact of asset size on financial performance and outreach. More
specifically, we determine whether an increase in asset size is more relevant for …

We explore firm size heterogeneity in production networks. In comprehensive data for
Belgium, firms with more customers have higher total sales but lower sales and lower market …

Earnings nonresponse in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited knowledge
of how nonresponse biases earnings measures. We examine the consequences of …

Using Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics data, we study selection bias and the
gender wage gap. Employing several methods, we find large declines in the total and …

We advocate a different approach to measure the gender gap, summarizing each
distribution by suitable evaluative functions and computing the difference between the …

This paper analyses gender differences in pay at the mean as well as along the wage
distribution in Germany. We estimate the adjusted gender pay gap applying a machine …

During the recent crisis, Greece experienced a severe contraction and rapid transformation
in its labour relations and pay-setting system in both the private and public sectors. Although …

We examine the G reek public–private wage differential before the debt crisis to evaluate the
prospective impact of the recent public sector pay cuts. We find a large public premium …

Markets can give a false impression of their liquidity and stability if failed attempts to trade
are not accounted for. We quantify this bias by estimating the distribution of investors' …