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dc.contributor.authorBrixy, Udoen
dc.contributor.authorKohaut, Susanneen
dc.contributor.authorSchnabel, Clausen
dc.date.accessioned2005-09-07-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T11:22:42Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T11:22:42Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/31900-
dc.description.abstractUsing a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper analyses wage setting in a cohort of newly founded and other establishments from 1997 to 2001. While theory provides alternative explanations for higher or lower wages in newly founded firms, we show empirically that start-ups tend to pay lower wages, ceteris paribus. On average, wages in newly founded establishments are 8 percent lower than in similar incumbent firms. This negative wage differential is substantially smaller in eastern than in western Germany. The wage differential is shown to decline over time as the newly founded firms become more mature.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) |cNürnbergen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIAB-Discussion Paper |x4/2004en
dc.subject.jelD21en
dc.subject.jelJ30en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordIAB-Linked-Employer-Employee-Datensatzen
dc.subject.keywordUnternehmensgründungen
dc.subject.keywordUnternehmensalteren
dc.subject.keywordLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.keywordLohnhöheen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensgründungen
dc.subject.stwLohnen
dc.subject.stwLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensentwicklungen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleDo newly founded firms pay lower wages? First evidence from Germany-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn470433183en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:iab:iabdpa:200404en

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