Do volatile firms pay volatile earnings? Evidence from linked worker-firm data

Michael Strain

Applied Economics, 2017, vol. 49, issue 43, 4299-4309

Abstract: Despite the importance of earnings instability, little is known about its correlates or causes. This article seeks to better understand earnings instability by studying whether volatile firms pay volatile earnings and is the first to directly test the relationship using US linked employer–employee data. The article finds a positive and statistically significant relationship using within-firm variation. In addition, this article finds that lower earning workers are passed significantly more volatility from their employing firms than are higher earning workers.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1279273

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