List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Acknowledgements. 1. New Firms, Wages, and the Knowledge Economy. 2. Review of the Literature. 3. Firm-Size, Wages, and the Role of Knowledge. 4. Measurement: The Data Base. 5. Measuring and Comparing the Wage Trajectories of New and Small Firms in Different Sectors: Does Knowledge Intensity Play a Role? 6. Conclusions and Findings. Index.