Faggio, Giulia, Salvanes, Kjell G. and Van Reenen, John 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9153-2907
(2008)
Inequality of individual wages and the dispersion of firm productivity.
Centrepiece, 12 (3).
pp. 18-20.
ISSN 1362-3761
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Abstract
Many blame globalisation for growing wage inequality in the UK. But according to research by Giulia Faggio, Kjell Salvanes and John Van Reenen, the rise in inequality is better explained by increasing dispersion in the productivity of firms related to their use of new technology. Their study finds that much of the rise in wage inequality is driven by increasing differences in wages among firms in the same industry. A major driver of such differences is firms’ varying ability to make use of new technology. This is particularly felt in the service sector.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/centrepiece |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance Economics |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment > E24 - Macroeconomics: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution (includes wage indexation) |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2008 09:36 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 23:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/4594 |
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