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Inter-Industry and Inter-Firm Wage and Hours Differentials in Switzerland

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  • José V. Ramirez

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In the present paper, we analyse the role of demand factors on wages and hours in Switzerland. To accomplish this task, we used the 1996 Swiss Wage Structure Survey, a large employee-employer survey. Results indicate that capital intensity appears to have a certain impact on the relation between wages and hours: the "inter-industry wage-hours differentials line" we inferred is clearly positive. Further, an analysis of the determinants of inter-firm wage differentials shows that the internal organisational structure of firms clearly affects the relation between inter-firm wage differentials and inter-firm hours differentials. A change away from a Taylorist organisation of work towards more flexible structures seems to imply an increase in the hours-elasticity of effort, as does capital intensification.

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  • José V. Ramirez, 2000. "Inter-Industry and Inter-Firm Wage and Hours Differentials in Switzerland," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 136(III), pages 371-395, September.
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    1. Josef Falkinger & Volker Grossmann, 2001. "Work Organization, Wage Pressure in the Secondary Labor Market, and the Green Card," CESifo Working Paper Series 485, CESifo.

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