Wage Sorting Trends

Jesper Bagger; Kenneth L.  Sorensen; Rune  Vejlin

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.09.021

Wage Sorting Trends

Jesper Bagger, Kenneth L. Sorensen, Rune Vejlin

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Abstract

We document a strong trend towards more positive assortative wage sorting
using Danish Matched Employer-Employee data from 1980 to 2006. The pattern
is not due to compositional changes in the labor market and primarily occurs
among high wage workers.

Original language	English
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.09.021
Publication status	Published - Jan 2013

Keywords

Matched Employer-Employee Data
Firm fixed effects
Worker fixed effects
Wage sorting
Wage inequality

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