Efficiency Wage Model in Low-income Countries

本研究的目的是检验基于营养的效率工资模型，引入一个在发展中国家普遍存在的新的关键变量--实物工资。我们通过理论分析提出的新方法使用分位数回归技术显示了新的经验证据。本研究使用的数据是印尼统计局收集的劳动力统计和小型企业统计的微观数据。分析发现，实物工资在基于营养的效率工资模型中扮演着重要的角色，正如我们的研究预测的那样。

The purpose of this study is testing nutrition-based efficiency wage model, introducing a new key variable, "in-kind wages" which is common in developing countries. Our new approach proposed by the theoretical analysis shows new empirical evidence using quantile regression technique. Data employed in our study are micro data of labor statistics and small-scale enterprise statistics collected by Indonesian statistical office. Analysis found that in-kind wages play an important role in nutrition-based efficiency wage model as our study predicted.