Unobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size: evidence from two developing countries
Large firms in Ghana and Kenya pay much higher wages than small ones. We use panel data to show this is not the result of employing high-ability individuals. The size effect remains substantial with controls for individual fixed effects.
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| author | Söderbom, M Teal, F Wambugu, A |
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| description | Large firms in Ghana and Kenya pay much higher wages than small ones. We use panel data to show this is not the result of employing high-ability individuals. The size effect remains substantial with controls for individual fixed effects. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:8a33a9c9-5fd6-4b37-ac3a-1c1deef1b5092022-03-26T22:29:58ZUnobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size: evidence from two developing countriesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8a33a9c9-5fd6-4b37-ac3a-1c1deef1b509EnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrintsElsevier2005Söderbom, MTeal, FWambugu, ALarge firms in Ghana and Kenya pay much higher wages than small ones. We use panel data to show this is not the result of employing high-ability individuals. The size effect remains substantial with controls for individual fixed effects. |
| spellingShingle | Söderbom, M Teal, F Wambugu, A Unobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size: evidence from two developing countries |
| title | Unobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size: evidence from two developing countries |
| title_full | Unobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size: evidence from two developing countries |
| title_fullStr | Unobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size: evidence from two developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size: evidence from two developing countries |
| title_short | Unobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size: evidence from two developing countries |
| title_sort | unobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size evidence from two developing countries |
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