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Resource type | Working Paper |
Title(s) | Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance - First evidence from German linked employer-employee-data |
DOI | 10.48548/pubdata-1280 |
Handle | 20.500.14123/1343 |
Creator | Braakmann, Nils 0000-0002-7529-7764 132389231 |
Abstract | Economic theory suggests both positive and negative relationships between intra-firm wage inequality and productivity. This paper contributes to the growing empirical literature on this subject. We combine German employer-employee-data for the years 1995-2005 with inequality measures using the whole wage distribution of a firm and rely on dynamic panel-data estimators to control for unobserved heterogeneity, simultaneity problems and possible state dependence. Our results indicate a relative minor influence of intra-firm wage inequality on firm productivity. If anything, they provide some support for a view suggesting that some inequality may be beneficial, while too much leads to a detrimental effect on productivity. |
Language | English |
Keywords | Wage Dispersion; Productivity; Lohnniveau; Lohndifferenzierung; Produktivität |
Year of publication in PubData | 2008 |
Publishing type | First publication |
Publication version | Published version |
Date issued | 2008-02-26 |
Creation context | Research |
Published by | Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg |
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