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In this paper we study the impact of firms productivity and scale of activity on the cost of labour for Italian manufacturing firms, investigating how the work-force composition affects the total expenditures for wages. Our analysis reveals that once productivity differences among firms are accounted for, size still retains a positive effect on cost of labour. We show that the source of this phenomenon is the relatively higher proportion of non-production workers in bigger firms, which results in a cost of labour for white collar workers that increases with increasing firm size.
Cambridge Journal of Economics – Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 15, 2010
Keywords: Wage–size relation Work force composition Hierarchy theory of the firm Labour productivity
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