The importance of firm wage differentials in explaining hourly earnings variation in the large-scale sector of Guatemala

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Funkhouser, E
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(97)00058-8
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 115-131
• 关键词: firm-wage differentials; determinants of earnings

摘要

I utilize unique firm-based data to examine firm-wage differentials among private firms with ten or more workers in the capital area of Guatemala City, Approximately one-seventh of the overall hourly earnings variation in this sector is related to firm effects not captured by other observable characteristics of individuals and firms, For most variables, including observable characteristics of firms used in most previous studies, the bias from nor including firm fixed effects in the estimation of log wage equations is small in magnitude, though statistically significant. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.