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The Covariance Structure of Italian Male Wages

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  • Cappellari, Lorenzo

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Using an unbalanced panel of Italian male wages covering the 1974-88 interval this study estimates the parameters of the wage covariance structure by minimum distance. Estimated variance components models allow for a linear trend in permanent wages, so that wage profiles convergence can be assessed by considering the covariance between intercepts and slopes of such individual trends. Evidence of permanent wage convergence is found in the overall wage distribution, but not within white collar workers: this contracts with human capital interpretations of wage dynamics and suggests that other factors, such as the egalitarian wage setting framework fully effective until the mid-80's, could have played a major role in shaping the wage distribution. Copyright 2000 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd and The Victoria University of Manchester

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Volume (Year): 68 (2000)
Issue (Month): 6 (December)
Pages: 659-84

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Handle: RePEc:bla:manchs:v:68:y:2000:i:6:p:659-84

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Cited by:
  1. Elena Giarda, 2007. "The Worsening of Wage Expectations in Italy: a Study Based on Administrative data," LABORatorio R. Revelli Working Papers Series 57, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies.
  2. Paolo Manasse & Luca Stanca & Alessandro Turrini, 2001. "Wage Premia and Skill Upgrading in Italy: Why didn’t the Hound Bark?," Working Papers 37, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2001.
  3. Francesco Devicienti, 2001. "Estimating Poverty Persistence in Britain," LABORatorio R. Revelli Working Papers Series 1, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies.
  4. Alessandro Fedele & Piero Tedeschi, 2010. "Quality and Reputation: Is Competition Beneficial to Consumers?," DISCE - Quaderni dell'Istituto di Economia dell'Impresa e del Lavoro ieil0061, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE).

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