The Impact of Firm-Specific Compensation on the Wage-Hours Relationship in Switzerland.

In the present paper, we analyse the role of demand factors on wages and hours in Switzerland. To accomplish this task, we used the 1996 Swiss Wage Structure Survey, a large employee-employer survey. As in many other developed economies, inter-industry wage differentials are great, whether or not observable individual characteristics are taken into account.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Ramirez, J.
Institutions:	Geneva School of Economics and Management, Université de Genève
Subject:	WAGES \| LABOUR MARKET \| INDUSTRY

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Series:	University of Geneva Economics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	26 pages
Classification:	J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J41 - Contracts: Specific Human Capital, Matching Models, Efficiency Wage Models, and Internal Labor Markets
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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