作者:University System of Maryland; Towson University
作者:Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg
作者:University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; National Bureau of Economic Research
作者:University of California System; University of California Davis
作者:Universite de Montreal
作者:University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; California Institute of Technology
作者:Vanderbilt University; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要:We study the correlates of the monthly establishment wage-the average monthly wage at the establishment level-and changes in wage dispersion between plants using a model of manufacturing developed by Goldin and Katz and data from manuscript censuses of manufacturing. We find that wages were decreasing in establishment size, but increasing in capital intensity and use of steam power. We also find an increase in inequality in the establishment wage between 1850 and 1880. Most of the increase occ...