Interrelations between the urban wage premium and firm-size wage differentials: A microdata cohort analysis for Germany

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-53

  Lehmer, Florian ^a,b   Möller, Joachim ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PANEL DATA; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 77954085090     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0290-y     Document Type: Article

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