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Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy
Davis, Steven J. - 2000
centralized wage setting on the industry distribution of employment. We examine Sweden's industry distribution from 1960 to 1994 … identify the rise and fall of centralized wage-setting arrangements as a major factor in the evolution of Sweden's industry … accounted for about 40 percent of U.S.-Swedish differences in the industry distribution. The dissolution of Sweden's centralized …
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Firm Pay Dynamics
Engbom, Niklas; Moser, Christian; Sauermann, Jan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
model using linked employer-employee data for Sweden from 1985 to 2016. By drawing on detailed firm financials data, we show … secular increase in firm-year pay dispersion in Sweden since 1985 is accounted for by greater persistence of firm pay among …
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Child Penalties Across Countries : Evidence and Explanations
Kleven, Henrik - 2019
This paper provides evidence on child penalties in female and male earnings in different countries. The estimates are based on event studies around the birth of the first child, using the specification proposed by Kleven et al. (2018). The analysis reveals some striking similarities in the...
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Wage dispersion between and within plants : Sweden 1985-2000
Skans, Oskar Nordström - 2007
. It is well known that wage inequality has increased in Sweden since the mid-1980s. However, little evidence has so far …
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Labor Market Matching, Wages, and Amenities
Lamadon, Thibaut; Lise, Jeremy; Meghir, Costas; Robin, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper develops the nonparametric identification of models with production complementarities, worker-firm specific disutility of labor and search frictions. Mobility in the model is subject to preference shocks, and we assume that firms can write wage contracts. We develop a constructive...
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Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? : some empirical evidence
Milanovic, Branko - 2005
"The objective of the paper is to answer an often-asked question : if tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two large data bases of wage inequality that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522629
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Trade protection and industry wage structure in Poland
Goh, Chor-ching - 2005
"This study examines the impact of Poland's trade liberalization 1994-2001 on the industry wage structure. The liberalization was undertaken in preparation for Poland's accession to the European Union and was more pronounced in industries with larger shares of unskilled labor. Our analysis...
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Technology, Unemployment, and Inflation
Mincer, Jacob - 2000
We explore the response of employment (unemployment) skill differentials to skill-biased shifts in demand touched off by the new and spreading technologies. We find that skill differentials in unemployment follow at least in part the same pattern as skill differentials in wages: They widen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470933
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Gender Differences in Pay
Blau, Francine D. - 2000
We consider the gender pay gap in the United States. Both gender-specific factors, including gender differences in qualifications and discrimination, and overall wage structure, the rewards for skills and employment in particular sectors, importantly influence the gender pay gap. Declining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471018
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Changes in Managerial Pay Structures 1986-1992 and Rising Returns to Skill
O'Shaughnessy, K.C. - 2000
We examine the relationship between wages and skill requirements in a sample of over 50,000 managers in 39 companies between 1986 and 1992. The data include an unusually good measure of job requirements and skills that can proxy for human capital. We find that wage inequality increased both...
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