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Are there pecuniary compensations for working conditions in the UK?
- Abstract:
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This paper explores the nature of inter-industry wage differentials that are not explained by personal characteristics. We document the presence and persistence of a significant contribution of industry affiliation to wage dispersion in the UK. Competing theoretical explanations for this finding call for an empirical investigation to ascertain whether or not competitive forces are at work. We find significant differences across industries in the wages earned by otherwise identical workers. Ou...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Economic and Social Research Council
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- Publisher:
- ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) Publisher's website
- Series:
- SKOPE Research Paper
- Place of publication:
- http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/publications
- Publication date:
- 2005-01-01
- ISSN:
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1466-1535
- Paper number:
- 59, October 2005
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:3946
- Deposit date:
- 2010-06-28
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- SKOPE
- Copyright date:
- 2005
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