Firm-Size and Inter-hierarchy Wage Dispersion in Shanghai

For a sample of Shanghai firms, we find that while larger firms pay lower wages, managers in larger firms still receive higher wages. There are two reasons for this result. The wage gap between managers and non-managers is positively correlated with firm size and larger firms have a lower percentage of middle and high-level managers than small firms.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Mishra, Vinod ; Smyth, Russell
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 31.2011, 3, p. 2159-2166
Publisher:	AccessEcon
Subject:	Firm size \| hierarchy \| wages

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior ; J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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