Does the plant size–wage differential increase with tenure? Affirming evidence from German panel data

Daniel Fackler, Thorsten Schank and Claus Schnabel

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 135, issue C, 9-11

Abstract: We show that the major part of the plant size–wage premium in Germany is reflected in different wage growth patterns in plants of different size. This is consistent with the hypothesis that large firms ‘produce’ more skilled workers over time.

Keywords: Plant size–wage differential; Seniority wages; Linked employer–employee data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.07.023

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