Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance – First evidence from German linked employer-employee-data
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Wage dispersion; labor productivity;JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2008-02-16 (Business Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2008-02-16 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-LAB-2008-02-16 (Labour Economics)
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