A Cross-Country Comparison of Dynamics in the Large Firm Wage Premium

Emanuele Colonnelli; Joacim Tåg; Michael Webb; Stefanie Wolter

doi:10.1257/pandp.20181067

A Cross-Country Comparison of Dynamics in the Large Firm Wage Premium

Emanuele Colonnelli, Joacim Tåg, Michael Webb, Stefanie Wolter

Economics, Helsinki

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We provide stylized facts on the existence and dynamics over time of the large firm wage premium for four countries. We examine matched employer-employee micro-data from Brazil, Germany, Sweden, and the UK, and find that the large firm premium exists in all these countries. However, we uncover substantial differences among them in the evolution of the wage premium over the past several decades. Moreover, we find no clear evidence of common cross-country industry trends. We conclude by discussing potential explanations for this heterogeneity, and proposing some questions for future work in the area.

Original language	English
Peer-reviewed scientific journal	AEA Papers and Proceedings
Volume	108
Pages (from-to)	323-327
Number of pages	4
ISSN	2574-0768
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20181067
Publication status	Published - 01.05.2018
MoE publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings

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dynamics
large firm wage premium

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