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Does layoff risk explain the firm-size wage differential?

Pages 211-214 | Published online: 05 Oct 2010
 

Abstract

If less stable (and also less able) workers select themselves into small, unstable and lowpaying firms, predicted layoff risk of workers can be used as a proxy for heterogeneity of workers and should therefore be included in wage regressions. Doing this, one third of the size earnings premium can be explained.

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