Corporate Governance and Labor Market Outcomes

Authors:
  • Andrew Baker, University of California, Berkeley

Grant Type: academic

Grant Year: 2025

Grant Amount: $30,000

Grant description:

The declining relative earnings of workers constitutes an important macroeconomic trend. This project will study a new potential explanation: changes in corporate governance. To do so, the author will use the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, Longitudinal Business Databases, Census of Manufacturers, and the Annual Survey of Manufacturers to analyze changes generated by activist hedge fund investors, then changes in equity-based compensation of managers, and their impacts on worker outcomes.

AUTHORS:

Andrew Baker

Grant Categories

The Labor Market


Topics

Bargaining Power

Job Mobility

Minimum Wage

Pay Equity

Wage Stagnation

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