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The plant life-cycle of the average wage of employees in U.S. manufacturing

The plant life-cycle of the average wage of employees in U.S. manufacturing 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. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IZA Journal of Labor Economics Springer Journals

The plant life-cycle of the average wage of employees in U.S. manufacturing

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by Dinlersoz et al.; licensee Springer.
Subject
Economics / Management Science; Labor Economics; Population Economics
eISSN
2193-8997
DOI
10.1186/2193-8997-2-7
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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.

Journal

IZA Journal of Labor EconomicsSpringer Journals

Published: Nov 22, 2013

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