Shareholder Wealth and Wages: Evidence for White-Collar Workers
We present empirical evidence on the relationship between individual wages, conditional on worker characteristics, and equity returns using a unique survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Equity returns affect the wages only of workers with three or more years of tenure. A 4 percent increase in a firm's market value raises pay by 0.3 percent within three years. Our estimates suggest that each $10 increase in shareholder wealth raises the present value of a firm's wage bill by $1. The elasticity of white-collar wages with respect to equity returns is one-third smaller than the CEO salary elasticities in our sample.
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2001
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Authors: | Bronars, Stephen G. ; Famulari, Melissa |
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Journal of Political Economy. - University of Chicago Press. - Vol. 109.2001, 2, p. 328-354
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University of Chicago Press |
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