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Table 5 Within- and between-cohort wage dispersion with alternative measure

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.: P90/P10

1996–2008

1996–2008

1976–1995

1976–1995

Age 1 (reference)

Age 2 (dummy)

− 0.18 (0.09)

− 0.19*** (0.05)

− 0.11** (0.03)

− 0.13*** (0.02)

Age 3 (dummy)

− 0.23** (0.08)

− 0.25*** (0.05)

− 0.13*** (0.03)

− 0.14**(0.02)

Age 4 (dummy)

− 0.34*** (0.08)

− 0.28*** (0.05)

− 0.15*** (0.03)

− 0.15*** (0.02)

Age 5 (dummy)

− 0.49*** (0.08)

− 0.29*** (0.04)

− 0.17*** (0.03)

− 0.13*** (0.02)

Age 6 (dummy)

− 0.59*** (0.08)

− 0.30*** (0.04)

− 0.20*** (0.03)

− 0.13*** (0.02)

Age 7 (dummy)

− 0.68*** (0.08)

− 0.29*** (0.04)

− 0.21*** (0.03)

− 0.10*** (0.02)

Age 8 (dummy)

− 0.76*** (0.08)

− 0.28*** (0.05)

− 0.22*** (0.03)

− 0.08*** (0.02)

Age 9 (dummy)

− 0.84*** (0.09)

− 0.27*** (0.06)

− 0.24*** (0.03)

− 0.03 (0.02)

Age 10 (dummy)

− 0.92*** (0.09)

− 0.21** (0.07)

− 0.25*** (0.03)

0.05* (0.02)

Entry year

 1976 (reference)

 1977 (dummy)

0.09 (0.06)

0.07** (0.03)

 1978 (dummy)

0.14* (0.05)

0.10*** (0.02)

 1979 (dummy)

0.18*** (0.05)

0.14*** (0.02)

 1980 (dummy)

0.30*** (0.05)

0.23*** (0.02)

 1981 (dummy)

0.38*** (0.05)

0.31*** (0.02)

 1982 (dummy)

0.41*** (0.05)

0.33*** (0.02)

 1983 (dummy)

0.38*** (0.05)

0.31*** (0.02)

 1984 (dummy)

0.37*** (0.05)

0.29*** (0.02)

 1985 (dummy)

0.38*** (0.05)

0.30*** (0.03)

 1986 (dummy)

0.39*** (0.05)

0.29*** (0.03)

 1987 (dummy)

0.43*** (0.05)

0.33*** (0.03)

 1988 (dummy)

0.47*** (0.05)

0.35*** (0.03)

 1989 (dummy)

0.52*** (0.05)

0.36*** (0.02)

 1990 (dummy)

0.63*** (0.05)

0.40*** (0.02)

 1991 (dummy)

0.65*** (0.06)

0.43*** (0.03)

 1992 (dummy)

0.68*** (0.05)

0.44*** (0.03)

 1993 (dummy)

0.68*** (0.05)

0.42*** (0.03)

 1994 (dummy)

0.69*** (0.05)

0.41*** (0.03)

 1995 (dummy)

0.76*** (0.05)

0.49*** (0.03)

 1996 (reference)

 1997 (dummy)

0.24*** (0.08)

0.17** (0.06)

 1998 (dummy)

0.22** (0.07)

0.18** (0.05)

 1999 (dummy)

0.37*** (0.08)

0.33*** (0.06)

 2000 (dummy)

0.52*** (0.07)

0.45*** (0.05)

 2001 (dummy)

0.54*** (0.07)

0.44*** (0.05)

 2002 (dummy)

0.47*** (0.07)

0.29*** (0.05)

 2003 (dummy)

0.44*** (0.07)

0.26*** (0.05)

 2004 (dummy)

0.30*** (0.07)

0.22*** (0.05)

 2005 (dummy)

0.30*** (0.07)

0.24*** (0.05)

 2006 (dummy)

0.20** (0.08)

0.17** (0.06)

 2007 (dummy)

0.27* (0.11)

0.16* (0.07)

 2008 (dummy)

0.26* (0.12)

0.21** (0.08)

 Intercept

3.85*** (0.09)

3.22*** (0.06)

2.79*** (0.06)

2.61*** (0.03)

R2

0.73

0.68

0.84

0.81

N

130

130

200

200

  1. West Germany, all sectors. 1976–2008, OLS estimations with the ratio of the 90th percentile and the 10th percentile 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 12,979 and 19,972 (mean 15,559) in columns (2) and (4) and between 14,632 and 64,468 (mean 25,661) in columns (1) and (3)