Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92274 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Economics [ISSN:] 2193-8997 [Volume:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 1-23
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper explores the evolution of the average wage of employees over the life-cycle of a manufacturing plant. The average wage starts out low for a new plant and increases along with labor productivity as the plant ages. As a plant approaches exit, its average wage falls, but more slowly than it rises in the case of growing plants. Moreover, the average wage does not fall as fast as productivity does. A dynamic model of labor quality and quantity choice by plants is estimated to assess the costs of altering labor quality and quantity over the plant life-cycle.
Subjects: 
The average wage of employees#
The evolution of the average wage
Plant productivity
Plant life-cycle
Employment dynamics
Adjustment costs
Manufacturing
JEL: 
J31
J21
J24
L60
L23
L11
D24
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Document Type: 
Article

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