Author Archive | Yannick Bormans, Jozef Konings and Angelos Theodorakopoulos

This paper examines links between evolutions in productivity dispersion, wage dispersion, and superstar firms. Using a rich sample of firms in 14 EU countries from 2000-2016, we confirm increases in all three variables—albeit with a moderating effect for wage and productivity dispersion in recent years. Beyond documenting an incomplete pass-through from productivity into wages, we […]

We analyze wage dispersion within and across establishments in Korea between 2007 and 2013. We find that foreign owned establishments and those operating in global markets have higher within- establishment wage dispersion. The effect is over and above the establishment size effect. Further- more, wages are higher in larger establishments and internationally oriented ones. Our […]