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Supervision, Working Conditions, and the Employer Size‐Wage Effect
Author(s) -
KRUSE DOUGLAS
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.1992.tb00307.x
Subject(s) - wage , labour economics , economics , demographic economics
Two hypotheses for the employer size‐wage effect are explored using data from the 1980 Survey of Job Characteristics. We found that there is a strong establishment size effect in both medium‐size and large companies and that employee‐reported frequency of supervision has a negative relationship to pay but makes no difference in the effect. While 26 working conditions reduce the establishment size effect by one‐third, it remains strong and significant.