Abstract
Using establishment-level data, we shed light on the sources of the changes in the structure of production, wages, and employment that have occurred over recent decades. Our findings are: (1) the between-plant component of wage dispersion is an important and growing part of total wage dispersion; (2) much of the between-plant increase in wage dispersion is within industries; (3) the between-plant measures of wage and productivity dispersion have increased substantially over recent decades; and (4) a significant fraction of the rising dispersion in wages and productivity is accounted for by changes in the distribution of computer investment across plants.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 397-429 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Journal | Journal of Labor Economics |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Industrial relations
- Economics and Econometrics