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Unternehmensgröße und Entlohnung

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  • Gerlach, Knut
  • Schmidt, Elke Maria

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"Der vorliegende Beitrag behandelt den für mehrere Länder festgestellten empirischen Befund, daß große Firmen im allgemeinen höhere Löhne zahlen als kleine Firmen. Nach einer Diskussion der verschiedenen theoretischen Versuche, diese empirische Tatsache zu erklären, werden die einzelnen theoretischen Argumente empirisch überprüft. Als Datengrundlage dienen die Individualdaten der ersten vier Wellen des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels. Methodisch werden Varianzanalysen, Korrelations- und Regressionsanalysen, einschließlich der Schätzung von Fixed-Effects und Random-Effects Modellen verwendet. Die empirische Analyse zeigt, daß erhebliche positive Effekte der Firmengröße auf die Entlohnung erhalten bleiben, auch wenn kontrolliert wird für - die Qualifikation der Arbeitnehmer - die Unterschiede in den Arbeitsbedingungen - die Betriebszugehörigkeitsdauer und Fluktuation - die monetären Zusatzleistungen von Firmen - die Heterogenität der Arbeitnehmer - die Monopolmacht von Betrieben. Der Beitrag schließt mit einigen Vorschlägen für die weitere Forschung auf diesem Gebiet." (Autorenreferat)

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  • Gerlach, Knut & Schmidt, Elke Maria, 1989. "Unternehmensgröße und Entlohnung," Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 22(3), pages 355-373.
    • Handle: RePEc:iab:iabmit:v:22:i:3:p:355-373
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