Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
Trade Union Institute for Economic Research
No 172: Wages, Profits and Individual Unemployment Risk : Evidence from Matched Worker-Firm Data
Mahmood Arai and Fredrik Heyman
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Mahmood Arai: FIEF and Department of Economics, Stockholm University, Postal: SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Fredrik Heyman: Trade Union Institute for Economic Research, Postal: FIEF, Wallingatan 38, SE-111 24 Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract: We present new evidence on the extent of rent sharing based on a large panel of matched worker-firm data for Sweden. Controlling for worker and firm heterogeneity, as well as examining the problem of endogeneity of profits, we report evidence implying the existence of rent sharing. Another result is that unemployment risk, aggregated at the firm and various industry levels, has a negative effect on individual workers' wages after controlling for individual differences in unemployment risk.
Keywords: Wages; Profits; Rent-Sharing; Wage-curve
27 pages, December 13, 2001
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