Firm Size and Wages in Germany: Trends and Impacts of Mobility

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  • Knut Gerlach
  • Olaf Hübler
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)245-261
Seitenumfang17
FachzeitschriftEMPIRICA
Jahrgang25
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Jan. 1998

Abstract

The analysis of firm-size wage differentials in Germany, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, firstly corroborates the finding that wages rise with firm-size and shows that the rank order of mean wages between firm-size classes is stable for the period 1984-1993. Secondly, the most important novel results are as follows: (i) wage differentials between firm-size classes increased during the period investigated after controlling for individual attributes and computing with deflated values; (ii) average levels of the qualification of employees have diverged noticeably between small and large firms; (iii) movers from small to larger firms have to accept wages below the average pay of incumbents with comparable attributes in the new firms: (iv) movers to smaller firms, however, retain a portion of their higher wages in larger firms; and (v) wage differentials between smaller and larger firms decline with increasing unemployment.

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Firm Size and Wages in Germany: Trends and Impacts of Mobility. / Gerlach, Knut; Hübler, Olaf.
in: EMPIRICA, Jahrgang 25, Nr. 3, 01.1998, S. 245-261.

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Gerlach K, Hübler O. Firm Size and Wages in Germany: Trends and Impacts of Mobility. EMPIRICA. 1998 Jan;25(3):245-261. doi: 10.1023/A:1006904430572
Gerlach, Knut ; Hübler, Olaf. / Firm Size and Wages in Germany : Trends and Impacts of Mobility. in: EMPIRICA. 1998 ; Jahrgang 25, Nr. 3. S. 245-261.
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