URL des Cahiers : https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/CAHIERS-MSE Voir aussi l'article basé sur ce document de travail paru dans "Portuguese Economic Journal", Springer Verlag, 2006, 5 (2), pp.167-194Cahiers de la Maison des Sciences Economiques 2006.15 - ISSN 1624-0340This paper considers the role mergers and acquisitions have on employment. First, it considers the importance of different aspects of compensation policy and human resource management practices for distinguishing acquired and acquiring firms. Second, it examines which individuals from which firms remain with the newly created entity after the takeover. Using a unique employer-employee linked data set for France, we find that very few observable workforce or compensation chara...