TY - JOUR

T1 - The (dis)similarity of interindustry wage differentials in Germany and the United-States

T2 - Evidence from microdata

AU - Helwege, Jean

AU - Wagner, Joachim

PY - 1994/12/1

Y1 - 1994/12/1

N2 - This study compares interindustry wages differentials in the U.S. and Germany using large microdata samples from wage surveys in 1979, 1985, and 1987. In contrast to previous studies, which found correlations of wage differentials in Germany and the U.S. of .85 and .95, we find less similarity in the wage structures of the two countries - the unweighted correlations between wage differentials based on the 1979 surveys and based on the later surveys are both about .6 and weighted correlations are as low as .22.

AB - This study compares interindustry wages differentials in the U.S. and Germany using large microdata samples from wage surveys in 1979, 1985, and 1987. In contrast to previous studies, which found correlations of wage differentials in Germany and the U.S. of .85 and .95, we find less similarity in the wage structures of the two countries - the unweighted correlations between wage differentials based on the 1979 surveys and based on the later surveys are both about .6 and weighted correlations are as low as .22.

KW - Economics

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/152f1651-ff0b-396f-80df-4d2e6dc22759/

U2 - 10.1515/jbnst-1994-0604

DO - 10.1515/jbnst-1994-0604

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 213

SP - 670

EP - 679

JO - Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik

JF - Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik

SN - 0021-4027

IS - 6

ER -