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Wage Dispersion

Wage Dispersion is a measure within the study of income distribution that quantifies the extent of variation in wages across workers or jobs within a given labor market, typically reflecting differences in skills, productivity, institutional factors, and wage bargaining outcomes.

574

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39.5K

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798

Authors

459

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2017–2026

65

Variants

Earnings Dispersion

Parents

Publications

574

Wage Differentials, Employer Size, and Unemployment

Kenneth Burdett, Dale T. Mortensen · International Economic Review · 1998 · 1.8K citations

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Workplace Heterogeneity and the Rise of West German Wage Inequality*

David Card, Jörg Heining, Patrick Kline · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2013 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Increasing Residual Wage Inequality: Composition Effects, Noisy Data, or Rising Demand for Skill?

Thomas Lemieux · American Economic Review · 2006 · 966 citations

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Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy

Elhanan Helpman, Oleg Itskhoki, Stephen J. Redding · Econometrica · 2010 · 895 citations

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The Effect of Wage Dispersion on Satisfaction, Productivity, and Working Collaboratively: Evidence from College and University Faculty

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Nancy Langton · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1993 · 780 citations

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Authors

798

  1. FR
    François Rycx

    Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

    8 publications · 584 citations

    8

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  2. CL
    Claudio Lucifora

    Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

    8 publications · 411 citations

    8

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  3. JR
    Jean‐Marc Robin

    University College London, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 675 citations

    7

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  4. TL
    Thomas Lemieux

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    7 publications · 2.2K citations

    7

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  5. DT
    Dale T. Mortensen

    Northwestern University, United States

    7 publications · 2.2K citations

    7

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Institutions

459

  1. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    26 h-index

    79 publications

    3K citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    24 h-index

    49 publications

    8.6K citations

  3. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    15 h-index

    21 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    3K citations

  5. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    11 h-index

    13 publications

    444 citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    770 citations

  8. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    848 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 73 publications · 2.6K citations

    28

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  2. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 57 publications · 1.7K citations

    22

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  3. Industrial and Labor Relations Review

    27 publications · 1.9K citations

    17

    h-index

  4. Journal of Labor Economics

    JOLE · 13 publications · 2.1K citations

    13

    h-index

  5. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Repository · 13 publications · 552 citations

    12

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