Wage Inequality Within and Between Occupations

Helland, Håvard; Bol, Thijs; Drange, Ida

doi:10.18291/njwls.v7i4.102355

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“…In Germany, this mainly is done by collectively bargaining over wages and employment conditions. Resulting collective agreements apply to all occupational members within a company and thereby establish and raise wage floors or equalize wages between workers within the same occupation (Helland et al 2017;Budig et al 2019). 1 Hence, unionization uncouples the demand/supply ratio from wage-setting processes.…”

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Occupational Closure and Wage Inequality: How Occupational Closure Effects Vary Between Workers

2020

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Section: Occupational Closurementioning

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Occupational Closure and Wage Inequality: How Occupational Closure Effects Vary Between Workers

2020

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“…For the UK, Williams (2013) reported similar findings, with occupations accounting for an increasing share of the variance in wages between 1975 and 2008 (and again, most of this increase being related to broadly defined occupational groups or classes). For Norway, Helland et al (2017) find that in 2003–2012 there was a small increase in inequality that was mostly driven by between-occupation changes. A related literature has linked the increase in top wages to the growing importance of the finance sector.…”

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Occupations and the recent trends in wage inequality in Europe

Fernández‐Macías

Muñoz

2019

European Journal of Industrial Relations

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We aim to contribute to a better understanding of the role that occupations played in recent trends in wage inequality in some European countries. Using EU-SILC data, we observe that most of the changes in wage inequality between 2005 and 2014 were the result of changes in the distribution of wages within occupations. A longer term approximation using data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) shows similar patterns. We conclude that occupational dynamics did not drive recent trends in wage inequality in Europe.

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“…Both conditions span industries and workplaces and therefore provide employees with an external wage reference. Research has clearly established that such closure devices have an important impact on overall wage inequality (Bol and Drange 2016;Bol and Weeden 2015;Helland, Bol and Drange 2017).…”

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Occupational licensure, unionization, and workplace variation in pay inequality between immigrants and natives

Drange¹,

Helland²,

Hermansen³

2023

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Organizational research has revealed considerable variation in immigrant–native pay inequalities across workplace contexts, but less is known about how broader labor market institutions intersect in local dynamics of wage setting between employees of immigrant and native backgrounds. We argue that increased workplace concentrations of union members and employees in licensed occupations constrain organizational opportunity structures for discrimination and reduce immigrant–native wage gaps. We analyze longitudinal linked employer–employee administrative data for the Norwegian labor market and find that immigrants and their descendants experience smaller wage gaps relative to native Norwegian coworkers in highly unionized and, to a lesser extent, licensed workplaces. The advantages of high workplace unionization and occupational licensure are larger for immigrant-origin employees who are union members or working in licensed occupations. Our findings support the claim that institutional regulation in the workplace reduces the organizational scope for unequal pay based on immigrant status.

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Wage Inequality Within and Between Occupations

Abstract: Western countries, including Scandinavian nations, have witnessed an increase in wage inequality

Cited by 5 publications

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Occupational Closure and Wage Inequality: How Occupational Closure Effects Vary Between Workers

Occupational Closure and Wage Inequality: How Occupational Closure Effects Vary Between Workers

Occupations and the recent trends in wage inequality in Europe

Occupational licensure, unionization, and workplace variation in pay inequality between immigrants and natives

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