Title: Inter-industry wage differentials in Finland: Evidence from longitudinal census data for 1975–85
Abstract: This paper provides estimates of inter-industry wage differentials in the Finnish private sector using a new longitudinal data source. We find about 8 percentage point industry wage differentials, even after controlling for observable human capital and job characteristics, which explain over half of the raw wage differentials between industries. Controlling further for the unobservable ability using fixed effects methods we still find statistically significant industry wage differentials in the order of 2–3 percentage points. The industry wage differentials are persistent over the period studied. Finally, interindustry wage differentials are larger in Finland than in Sweden despite apparently similar centralized wage bargaining institutions.
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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