Firm-size wage differentials in Switzerland: Evidence from job-changers

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer; Josef Zweimüller

doi:10.1257/aer.89.2.89

Firm-size wage differentials in Switzerland: Evidence from job-changers

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
, Josef Zweimüller

Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre

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Abstract

We analyze firm size wage differentials by not only studying wage changes of workers who move between firms of different size classes but also by explicitly analyzing the underlying mobility decisions. Our analysis is based on a new data-set for Switzerland. We consider the OLS size premium as a distinct determinant of individual wages and ask how this wage-component affects the dynamics of individual wages over time and the mobility and search behavior of workers. We find no evidence for the hypothesis that larger employers provide worse working conditions, but about half of the OLS size differential is accounted for by worker heterogeneity.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Seiten (von - bis)	89-93
Seitenumfang	5
Fachzeitschrift	American Economic Review
Volume	89
Ausgabenummer	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.89.2.89
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - Mai 1999

UN SDGs

Dieser Output leistet einen Beitrag zu folgendem(n) Ziel(en) für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum
SDG 10 – Weniger Ungleichheiten

Wissenschaftszweige

405002 Agrarökonomie
502 Wirtschaftswissenschaften
502001 Arbeitsmarktpolitik
502002 Arbeitsmarkttheorie
502003 Außenhandel
502009 Finanzwirtschaft
502010 Finanzwissenschaft
502012 Industriebetriebslehre
502013 Industrieökonomik
502018 Makroökonomie
502020 Marktforschung
502021 Mikroökonomie
502025 Ökonometrie
502027 Politische Ökonomie
502039 Strukturpolitik
502042 Umweltökonomie
502046 Volkswirtschaftspolitik
502047 Volkswirtschaftstheorie
504014 Gender Studies
506004 Europäische Integration
507016 Regionalökonomie
303010 Gesundheitsökonomie

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