Entry deregulation, firm organization and wage inequality

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Autor(a) principal: Cooke, Dudley
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Fernandes, Ana P., Ferreira, Priscila
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/66124
Resumo: This paper identifies a causal link between changes in product market competition, firm reorganization and within-firm wage inequality. We exploit a unique episode of comprehensive firm entry deregulation as a quasi-natural experiment and use exceptionally detailed linked employer-employee data for the universe of private sector firms and workers. We find that following deregulation affected firms flatten their hierarchies: the number of layers is reduced and managers´spans of control increased. Dropping a hierarchy layer is accompanied by a significant reduction in wage inequality within the firm, by 10% for the average pay ratio between the top and the bottom layer, showing that there are real changes arising from firm reorganization. Overall dispersion is also reduced. We discuss mechanisms and interpretations for these changes.
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spelling Entry deregulation, firm organization and wage inequalityFirm entry deregulationHierarchical layersInternal organizationProduct Market CompetitionSpan of controlWage InequalityThis paper identifies a causal link between changes in product market competition, firm reorganization and within-firm wage inequality. We exploit a unique episode of comprehensive firm entry deregulation as a quasi-natural experiment and use exceptionally detailed linked employer-employee data for the universe of private sector firms and workers. We find that following deregulation affected firms flatten their hierarchies: the number of layers is reduced and managers´spans of control increased. Dropping a hierarchy layer is accompanied by a significant reduction in wage inequality within the firm, by 10% for the average pay ratio between the top and the bottom layer, showing that there are real changes arising from firm reorganization. Overall dispersion is also reduced. We discuss mechanisms and interpretations for these changes.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)Universidade do Minho. Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE)Universidade do MinhoCooke, DudleyFernandes, Ana P.Ferreira, Priscila20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/66124enghttps://www.eeg.uminho.pt/pt/investigar/nipe/Paginas/publicacoes.aspxinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:15:33Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/66124Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:08:00.219444Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Entry deregulation, firm organization and wage inequality
spellingShingle Entry deregulation, firm organization and wage inequality
Cooke, Dudley
Firm entry deregulation
Hierarchical layers
Internal organization
Product Market Competition
Span of control
Wage Inequality
title_short Entry deregulation, firm organization and wage inequality
title_full Entry deregulation, firm organization and wage inequality
title_fullStr Entry deregulation, firm organization and wage inequality
title_full_unstemmed Entry deregulation, firm organization and wage inequality
title_sort Entry deregulation, firm organization and wage inequality
author Cooke, Dudley
author_facet Cooke, Dudley
Fernandes, Ana P.
Ferreira, Priscila
author_role author
author2 Fernandes, Ana P.
Ferreira, Priscila
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cooke, Dudley
Fernandes, Ana P.
Ferreira, Priscila
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Firm entry deregulation
Hierarchical layers
Internal organization
Product Market Competition
Span of control
Wage Inequality
topic Firm entry deregulation
Hierarchical layers
Internal organization
Product Market Competition
Span of control
Wage Inequality
description This paper identifies a causal link between changes in product market competition, firm reorganization and within-firm wage inequality. We exploit a unique episode of comprehensive firm entry deregulation as a quasi-natural experiment and use exceptionally detailed linked employer-employee data for the universe of private sector firms and workers. We find that following deregulation affected firms flatten their hierarchies: the number of layers is reduced and managers´spans of control increased. Dropping a hierarchy layer is accompanied by a significant reduction in wage inequality within the firm, by 10% for the average pay ratio between the top and the bottom layer, showing that there are real changes arising from firm reorganization. Overall dispersion is also reduced. We discuss mechanisms and interpretations for these changes.
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