This paper addresses the evolution of wage differentials and job level allocation in Portugal during the 1980s and early 1990s. Since joining the EC in 1986 the findings point to a remarkable fanning out of the wage premium from levels of schooling and job levels, in favour of more highly educated workers and those with jobs of a higher complexity. The analysis of the allocation of workers to jobs shows that education is an important variable in this process. Highly educated workers are more likely to be assigned to higher job levels where more complex tasks are performed. The results also indicate that inter-industry wage dispersion is very high by international standards but has a tendency to decrease. The wage-effect of other variables such as experience, tenure, bargaining regime, firm size, firm age and firm ownership structure is also examined. The findings are tentatively related to mutations that may have influenced the wage structure such as the European integration in 1986, the educational reforms and an increasing centralisation of the wage setting.
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