Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil
Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil
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Volume/Issue:
Volume 2017
Issue 278
Publication date: December 2017
ISBN: 9781484333037
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Labor , Economics- Macroeconomics , Demography , WP , firm effect , firm size , mining firm , pay compression , Earnings Inequality , Linked Employer-Employee Data , Firm and Worker Heterogeneity , Productivity , firm pay policy , productivity shock , characteristics data , inequality trend , firm component , Wages , Income inequality , Aging
Summary
We document a large decrease in earnings inequality in Brazil between 1996 and 2012. Using administrative linked employer-employee data, we fit high-dimensional worker and firm fixed effects models to understand the sources of this decrease. Firm effects account for 40 percent of the total decrease and worker effects for 29 percent. Changes in observable worker and firm characteristics contributed little to these trends. Instead, the decrease is primarily due to a compression of returns to these characteristics, particularly a declining firm productivity pay premium. Our results shed light on potential drivers of earnings inequality dynamics.
