Whither the nonprofit wage differential? Estimates from the 1990 census

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Leete, L
• 署名单位: Willamette University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/209982
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 136-170
• 关键词: PROPERTY-RIGHTS; dummy variables; earnings; sector

摘要

This article provides new estimates of the nonprofit/for-profit wage differential in the U.S. economy. Using observations on 4.1 million private-sector employees from the 1990 census, I find either zero or slightly positive economy-wide wage differences between nonprofit and for-profit employees in a standard earnings equation format. Significant wage differentials are found at the disaggregated occupation and industry level and provide a basis for testing hypotheses explaining nonprofit/for-profit wage differences.