The Productivity-Wage Premium: Does Size Still Matter in a Service Economy?

Giuseppe Berlingieri, Sara Calligaris and Chiara Criscuolo

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, vol. 108, 328-33

Abstract: The literature has established two robust stylized facts: (i) the existence of a firm size-wage premium and (ii) a positive relationship between firm size and productivity. However, the existing evidence is mainly based on manufacturing, which nowadays accounts for a small share of the economy. Using a unique micro-aggregated dataset covering 17 countries over 1994–2012, this paper compares these relationships across sectors. While the size-wage and size-productivity premia are significantly weaker in market services compared to manufacturing, the link between wages and productivity is stronger. In a service economy the stylized fact is a "productivity-wage premium" rather than a "size-wage premium."

JEL-codes: D22 D24 J24 J31 L25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
Note: DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20181068
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