Genre, Véronique; Kohn, Karsten; Momferatou, Daphne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper focuses on the euro area wage structure and its potential determinants from a sectoral viewpoint. Merging …-country panel of 22 industries in 8 euro area countries for 1991-2002. Data inspection confirms the existence of a fairly stable … explaining inter-industry wage differentials in the euro area. Both workforce characteristics (e.g., human capital variables) and …