Five Reasons Why Wages Vary Among Employers

This paper reviews the literature on wage differences among industries and establishments. After surveying the empirical evidence on intra‐ and interindustry wage differentials, five alternative explanations for employer‐based wage differentials among observation equivalent workers are described. Th...

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Economic theory
Effects
Employers
Human capital
Income Inequality
Interfirm comparisons
Labor market
Labor sector
Studies
United States
Wage differential
Wage differentials
Wage levels
Wages
Wages & salaries
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