Intra-firm Wage Compression and Cost Coverage of Training: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
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In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 69, No. 2, 03.2016, p. 435-454.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Intra-firm Wage Compression and Cost Coverage of Training
T2 - Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
AU - Pfeifer, Christian
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - The author uses German linked employer-employee data to estimate the impact of intra-firm wage dispersion on the probability that establishments pay for further training. About half of all establishments in the estimation sample cover all direct and indirect training costs, which contradicts the standard human capital approach with perfect labor markets. The main finding of cross-section, panel, and instrumental variable probit estimations is that establishments with larger intra-firm wage compression are more likely to cover all direct and indirect training costs, which is consistent with theoretical considerations of the “new training literature” about imperfect labor markets.
AB - The author uses German linked employer-employee data to estimate the impact of intra-firm wage dispersion on the probability that establishments pay for further training. About half of all establishments in the estimation sample cover all direct and indirect training costs, which contradicts the standard human capital approach with perfect labor markets. The main finding of cross-section, panel, and instrumental variable probit estimations is that establishments with larger intra-firm wage compression are more likely to cover all direct and indirect training costs, which is consistent with theoretical considerations of the “new training literature” about imperfect labor markets.
KW - Economics, empirical/statistics
KW - firm-sponsored training
KW - linked employer-employee data
KW - wage compression
KW - Economics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961743186&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0019793915610307
DO - 10.1177/0019793915610307
M3 - Scientific review articles
VL - 69
SP - 435
EP - 454
JO - Industrial and Labor Relations Review
JF - Industrial and Labor Relations Review
SN - 0019-7939
IS - 2
ER -