Wage sorting trends

We document a strong trend towards more positive assortative wage sorting using Danish Matched Employer–Employee data from 1980 to 2006. The pattern is not due to compositional changes in the labor market and primarily occurs among high wage workers.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Bagger, Jesper ; Sørensen, Kenneth L. ; Vejlin, Rune
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 118.2013, 1, p. 63-67
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Matched employer–employee data \| Firm fixed effects \| Worker fixed effects \| Wage sorting \| Wage inequality

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J30 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs. General ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J62 - Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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