The importance of firms in wage determination

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-160

  Gruetter, Max ^a,b   Lalive, Rafael ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a Institute for Clinical Pathology   (Switzerland)

^b IZA ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e CESIFO   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Industry wage differentials; Interfirm mobility; Matched employer employee data; Wage determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249096319     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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