Rising between-workplace inequalities in high-income countries
| Autor: | Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Trond Petersen, David A. Cort, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Joe King, Are Skeie Hermansen, Naomi Kodama, Andrew M. Penner, Alena Krizkova, István Boza, Eunmi Mun, Zoltán Lippényi, Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela, Dustin Avent-Holt, Max Thaning, Jiwook Jung, Mirna Safi, Anthony Rainey, Martin Hällsten, Olivier Godechot, Nina Bandelj, Gergely Hajdu, Silvia Maja Melzer, Tali Kristal, Zaibu Tufail, Feng Hou, Andreja Poje |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Massachusetts [Amherst] (UMass Amherst), University of Massachusetts System (UMASS), Sciences Po (Sciences Po), Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC), Sciences Po (Sciences Po)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sociology/ICS, Observatoire sociologique du changement (Sciences Po, CNRS) (OSC) |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Employment
inequality Inequality Far East Restructuring media_common.quotation_subject Wage Social Sciences Scandinavian and Nordic Countries Corrections FINANCE Middle East Economic inequality administrative data Income distribution Order (exchange) 0502 economics and business Humans East Asia institutions 050207 economics Occupations 10. No inequality Workplace ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS media_common [SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology Multidisciplinary [QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin] Earnings Asia Eastern Salaries and Fringe Benefits Developed Countries 05 social sciences 1. No poverty RISE workplaces inequality workplaces administrative data earnings institutions Europe Socioeconomic Factors 8. Economic growth North America Income Demographic economics 050203 business & management earnings |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 117, iss 17 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 1-7 (2020-04) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, National Academy of Sciences, 2020, 117 (17), pp.9277-9283. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1918249117⟩ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, National Academy of Sciences, 2020, pp.1-7. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1918249117⟩ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(17), 9277-9283. NATL ACAD SCIENCES Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A |
| ISSN: | 0027-8424 1091-6490 |
| DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.1918249117⟩ |
| Popis: | Significance Understanding the causes of rising inequality is of concern in many countries. Using administrative data, we find that the share of inequality that is between workplaces is growing in 12 of 14 countries examined, and in no country has it fallen. Countries with declining employment protections see growth in both between- and within-workplace inequalities, but this impact is stronger for between-workplace inequalities. These results suggest that to reduce market income inequality requires policies that raise the bargaining power of lower-skilled workers. The widespread rise in between-workplace inequality additionally suggests policy responses that target the increasing market power of firms in concentrated markets as well as curb the ability of powerful firms to outsource low skill employment. It is well documented that earnings inequalities have risen in many high-income countries. Less clear are the linkages between rising income inequality and workplace dynamics, how within- and between-workplace inequality varies across countries, and to what extent these inequalities are moderated by national labor market institutions. In order to describe changes in the initial between- and within-firm market income distribution we analyze administrative records for 2,000,000,000+ job years nested within 50,000,000+ workplace years for 14 high-income countries in North America, Scandinavia, Continental and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia. We find that countries vary a great deal in their levels and trends in earnings inequality but that the between-workplace share of wage inequality is growing in almost all countries examined and is in no country declining. We also find that earnings inequalities and the share of between-workplace inequalities are lower and grew less strongly in countries with stronger institutional employment protections and rose faster when these labor market protections weakened. Our findings suggest that firm-level restructuring and increasing wage inequalities between workplaces are more central contributors to rising income inequality than previously recognized. |
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