Do Operating Profits Induce a Wage Premium Equally Shared among Employees Earning High or Low Incomes?
Panel data show that between 2001 and 2014 Norwegian industries’ increasing aggregated operating profits per employee increased average wages and wage inequality. The data imply that increasing profits, perhaps unsurprisingly, induce a wage premium. The data further imply that employees earning high...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-05-01
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Series: | Economies |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/9/2/81 |