Wage and productivity dispersion in united states manufacturing: The role of computer investment

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dunne, T; Foster, L; Haltiwanger, J; Troske, KR
• 署名单位: University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia; University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/381255
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 397-429
• 关键词: inequality; LABOR; TECHNOLOGY; DYNAMICS; demand

摘要

Using establishment-level data, we shed light on the sources of the changes in the structure of production, wages, and employment that have occurred over recent decades. Our findings are: (1) the between-plant component of wage dispersion is an important and growing part of total wage dispersion; ( 2) much of the between-plant increase in wage dispersion is within industries; (3) the between-plant measures of wage and productivity dispersion have increased substantially over recent decades; and ( 4) a significant fraction of the rising dispersion in wages and productivity is accounted for by changes in the distribution of computer investment across plants.