Arbeitspapier

Workers, firms and life-cycle wage dynamics

Studies of individual wage dynamics typically ignore firm heterogeneity, whereas decompositions of earnings into worker and firm effects abstract from life-cycle considerations. We study firm effects in individual wage dynamics using administrative data on the population of Italian employers and employees. We propose a novel identification strategy for firm-related wage components exploiting the informative content of the wage covariance structure of coworkers. Wage inequality increases three-fold over the working life; firm effects are predominant while young, but sorting of workers into firms becomes increasingly important, explaining the largest share of lifetime inequality. Static models that do not allow for life-cycle dynamics underestimate the importance of sorting and overstate match and firm effects.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 67

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Thema
Wage inequality
Wage dynamics
Co-workers' covariance

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bingley, Paul
Cappellari, Lorenzo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DISCE)
(wo)
Milano
(wann)
2018

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:25 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bingley, Paul
  • Cappellari, Lorenzo
  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DISCE)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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