Sources of earnings dispersion in a linked employer-employee dataset : evidence from Norway
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We estimate a standard human capital earnings model, augmented to allow for different firmspecific
wage premia. The earnings of an individual depend on her human capital bundle and the earnings
mark-up of the firm she is currently working for. We use linked employer-employee data from Norway
which allows us to directly estimate the skill premium as a function of firm specific variables such as plant
size, the capital/labour ratio, market share, unionisation and openness to trade. We document the impact of
job reallocation and skill sorting on earnings dispersion. We find a large potential effect of labour reallocation on earnings dispersion.
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of EconomicsSerie
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