Inter-regional wage differentials in Spain

García, Inmaculada Plaza; Molina, José Alberto

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“…analysis of wage differentials across regions has been limited so far, and constrained to models that do not control for individuals' decision to participate in the labour market (Reilly, 1991;García and Molina, 2002). The results for the set of Spanish regions confirm differences in terms of human capital endowment, and also in the return that individuals obtain in each region.…”

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Human Capital and Regional Wage Gaps

López‐Bazo

Motellón

2012

Regional Studies

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This paper uses micro-level data to analyse the effect of human capital on regional wage differentials. The results for the set of Spanish regions confirm that they differ in the endowment of human capital, but also that the return that individuals obtain from it varies sharply across regions. Regional heterogeneity in returns is especially intense in the case of education, particularly when considering its effect on the employability of individuals. These differences in endowment and, especially, in returns to human capital, account for a significant proportion of regional wage gaps.

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Human Capital and Regional Wage Gaps

López‐Bazo

Motellón

2012

Regional Studies

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“…In addition to contributing new empirical evidence to the analysis of regional earnings differentials in Spain, already demonstrated by various authors (El-Attar and Lopez-Bazo, 2006;García and Molina, 2002;Izquierdo and Lacuesta, 2007;Motellón et al, 2011;Ramos and Sanromá, 2006;Serrano, 2002;Simón, 2009;Villaverde and Maza, 2002, among others), a novel aspect of the study performed here is the inclusion, as an explanatory variable of ISSN 1948-5433 2015 wages, the possible excess supply of university graduates in certain regional labour markets.…”

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Evidence on the Wage Returns of Advanced Vocational Training and University Education in Spain

Blázquez

Herrarte

Llorente-Heras

2015

RAE

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This paper analyses the evolution of the wage return to tertiary education in Spain, distinguishing between advanced vocational training and university education. Using microdata from the Spanish Structure of Earnings Survey, the study estimates wage equations which, in addition to considering the human capital and the personal and employment characteristics of individuals as causal factors, includes a measure of the excess labour supply of university graduates by region. The results show that the wage differential of the graduate population fell, in general, in the period [1995][1996][1997][1998][1999][2000][2001][2002][2003][2004][2005][2006], and that a relatively high supply of graduates in the regional labour market negatively affects wages in such regions, and that these effects increase over time.

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“…The theory of compensating differences predicts that the coefficients for regional amenities will be negative, while the coefficients for disamenities and productive amenities will be positive. 22 In estimating equation (1), one should take into account regional clusterisation. The wages of workers from one region may be correlated, and the estimates for dispersion of regional coefficients may vary considerably.…”

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Are Interregional Wage Differentials in Russia Compensative?

Oshchepkov

2007

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractInterregional differentials in nominal wages in the Russian Federation are huge compared to other countries. Using the NOBUS micro-data and a methodology based on the estimation of the wage equation augmented by aggregate regional characteristics, we show that these differentials have a compensative nature. Russian workers receive wage compensations for living in regions with a higher price level and worse non-pecuniary characteristics, such as a relatively low life expectancy, a high level of air pollution, poor medical services and a colder climate. After adjusting for these regional characteristics, the relative ranking of regions in terms of average wages changes considerably. Moreover, regional nominal wages become positively correlated with interregional migration flows.According to our estimates, half of the interregional wage variation between workers with similar productive characteristics should be considered to be compensative. These results support the view that the best policy reaction to the current high interregional wage differentials should be the removal of migration barriers and a reduction in migration costs. In general, our results show that wage compensations for regional disamenities along with differences in employment composition are able to account for about three fourths of the observed interregional variation in wages.JEL Codes: J3, J6, P2, R1, R2

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Inter-regional wage differentials in Spain

Cited by 31 publications

References 11 publications

Human Capital and Regional Wage Gaps

Human Capital and Regional Wage Gaps

Evidence on the Wage Returns of Advanced Vocational Training and University Education in Spain

Are Interregional Wage Differentials in Russia Compensative?

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