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American Economic Review Vol. 89 No. 2 1999

Firm-Size Wage Differentials in Switzerland: Evidence from Job-Changers

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer1; Josef Zweimüller2

1 Department of Economics, University of Linz, A-4040 Linz, Austria, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna; Centre for Economic Policy Research, London. · 2 Institute for Empirical Economic Research, University of Zurich, CH-8006 Zürich, Switzerland; Centre for Economic Policy Research, London.

Abstract

Using information on job changes and search behavior of workers and controlling for endogenousnmobility we study firm-size wage differentials in Switzerland. We find that the observed crosssectionalnfirm size premium cannot be explained exclusively by worker heterogeneity. Almost 50n% of the cross-section differential is a firm-size effect.

DOI
10.1257/aer.89.2.89
Volume
89
Issue
2
Pages
89-93
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib crossref openalex

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