A breakdown of residual wage inequality in Germany
A breakdown of residual wage inequality in Germany
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德国剩余工资不平等的细目
DOI：
10.1093/oep/gpw025
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发表时间：
2014
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P. Ehrl
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作者：
P. Ehrl
本文采用几种基于回归的分解方法，分析了1995年至2007年间德国地区、工人、企业和部门特定决定因素对工资水平的影响，以及工资不平等的持续加剧。与先前的研究相比，超过50%的工资差异和几乎所有的工资不平等的增加都可以用这种方法解释。总之，工资分散的整个增长发生在区域内，与工资决定因素的回报变化相比，工资决定因素组成的变化是次要的。我发现职业属性是最重要的工资决定因素。企业规模溢价的变化与分类匹配相结合，也压低了分布底部的工资，同时提高了分布顶部的工资。有失业记录或从事服务业、建筑业和物流业的工人尤其会经历工资下降。
The present paper applies several regression-based decomposition methods to analyze the impact of region-, worker-, firm- and sector-specific determinants on the wage level and the continuous increase in wage inequality between 1995 and 2007 in Germany. In contrast to prior studies, more than 50% of the wage dispersion and almost the entire increase in wage inequality are explained in this approach. Altogether, the entire growth of wage dispersion occurs within regions and changes in the composition of wage determinants are minor compared to changes in their returns. I find that occupational attributes are the most important wage determinant. Changes in the firm size premium in combination with assortative matching also depress wages in the bottom of the distribution while they increase wages at the top. Workers with an unemployment record or an occupation in the service, construction and logistics sectors particularly experience falling wages.