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Table 4 Within- and between-cohort wage dispersion in the service sector

From: The dynamics of wage dispersion between firms: the role of firm entry and exit

 

(1) All

(2) Survivors

(3) All

(4) Survivors

Dep. var.: coefficient of variation

1996–2008

1996–2008

1976–1995

1976–1995

Age 1 (reference)

Age 2 (dummy)

− 0.01 (0.01)

− 0.02 (0.01)

− 0.01* (0.01)

− 0.01* (0.01)

Age 3 (dummy)

− 0.02* (0.01)

− 0.02 (0.01)

− 0.01* (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

Age 4 (dummy)

− 0.03*** (0.01)

− 0.03** (0.01)

− 0.02** (0.01)

− 0.01* (0.01)

Age 5 (dummy)

− 0.04*** (0.01)

− 0.03* (0.01)

− 0.02** (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

Age 6 (dummy)

− 0.05*** (0.01)

− 0.02* (0.01)

− 0.02** (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

Age 7 (dummy)

− 0.06*** (0.01)

− 0.02 (0.01)

− 0.01* (0.01)

0.00 (0.01)

Age 8 (dummy)

− 0.06*** (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

− 0.02** (0.01)

0.00 (0.01)

Age 9 (dummy)

− 0.07*** (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

− 0.02** (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

Age 10 (dummy)

− 0.08*** (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

− 0.01* (0.01)

0.02*** (0.01)

Entry year

 1976 (reference)

 1977 (dummy)

0.02* (0.01)

0.01* (0.01)

 1978 (dummy)

0.03** (0.01)

0.03*** (0.01)

 1979 (dummy)

0.04*** (0.01)

0.03*** (0.01)

 1980 (dummy)

0.06*** (0.01)

0.05*** (0.01)

 1981 (dummy)

0.09*** (0.01)

0.08*** (0.01)

 1982 (dummy)

0.08*** (0.01)

0.08*** (0.01)

 1983 (dummy)

0.08*** (0.01)

0.07*** (0.01)

 1984 (dummy)

0.09*** (0.01)

0.09*** (0.01)

 1985 (dummy)

0.09*** (0.01)

0.09*** (0.01)

 1986 (dummy)

0.08*** (0.01)

0.07*** (0.01)

 1987 (dummy)

0.09*** (0.01)

0.08*** (0.01)

 1988 (dummy)

0.10*** (0.01)

0.09*** (0.01)

 1989 (dummy)

0.09*** (0.01)

0.08*** (0.01)

 1990 (dummy)

0.12*** (0.01)

0.09*** (0.01)

 1991 (dummy)

0.10*** (0.01)

0.09*** (0.01)

 1992 (dummy)

0.13*** (0.01)

0.12*** (0.01)

 1993 (dummy)

0.11*** (0.01)

0.09*** (0.01)

 1994 (dummy)

0.12*** (0.01)

0.10*** (0.01)

 1995 (dummy)

0.14*** (0.01)

0.12*** (0.01)

 1996 (reference)

 1997 (dummy)

0.04*** (0.01)

0.03** (0.01)

 1998 (dummy)

0.05*** (0.01)

0.03* (0.01)

 1999 (dummy)

0.06*** (0.01)

0.06*** (0.01)

 2000 (dummy)

0.07*** (0.01)

0.07*** (0.01)

 2001 (dummy)

0.09*** (0.01)

0.08*** (0.01)

 2002 (dummy)

0.07*** (0.01)

0.05*** (0.01)

 2003 (dummy)

0.09*** (0.01)

0.08*** (0.01)

 2004 (dummy)

0.11*** (0.01)

0.09*** (0.01)

 2005 (dummy)

0.09*** (0.01)

0.08*** (0.01)

 2006 (dummy)

0.10*** (0.01)

0.09*** (0.01)

 2007 (dummy)

0.11*** (0.01)

0.10*** (0.01)

 2008 (dummy)

0.08*** (0.01)

0.08*** (0.01)

 Intercept

0.58*** (0.01)

0.52*** (0.01)

0.42*** (0.01)

0.39*** (0.01)

R2

0.73

0.68

0.84

0.81

N

130

130

200

200

  1. West Germany, service sector. 1976–2008, OLS estimations with the coefficient of variation (sd/mean) as a dependent variable in all specifications. Robust standard errors in parentheses. */**/*** indicates statistical significance at the 10/5/1 percent level. Age-cohort cells weighted with number of establishments per cell. Number of establishments per cell vary between 9926 and 15,170 (mean 11,871) in columns (2) and (4) and between 11,275 and 50,0000 (mean 19,835) in columns (1) and (3)