 Why are workers in the Spanish energy industry more likely to earn higher wages than other Spanish workers?Dr. Alejandro García-Pozo, Elena Lasso-Dela-Vega and Dr. Eva González-Guerrero Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2024, vol. 71, issue C, 609-616 Abstract: In Spain, 85.5 % of energy industry workers have a salary that is more than the Spanish average salary. We apply a binomial logit model based on the maximum likelihood estimation method to analyze the factors that determine the probability of obtaining these higher wages. The sample used was taken from the Wage Structure Survey (2018) prepared by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics. Firstly, the results show that this sector has a consolidated workforce and that the workers' educational levels are appropriate for their jobs. Secondly, there are no gender-based wage differences in this industry. Finally, working conditions and wages are established through collective bargaining agreements at the company level, which stands in contrast to other types of agreements established in the rest of the Spanish economy. Keywords: Energy; Wages; Collective bargaining agreements; Spain; Binomial discrete choice model (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:streco:v:71:y:2024:i:c:p:609-616 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.09.008 Access Statistics for this article Structural Change and Economic Dynamics is currently edited by F. Duchin, H. Hagemann, M. Landesmann, R. Scazzieri, A. Steenge and B. Verspagen More articles in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics from Elsevier |
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