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How does wage polarization affect productivity? The case of Spanish regions
Author(s) -
AlfaroMoreno Karina,
NúñezVelázquez José Javier,
BernatDiaz Luisa Fernanda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/pirs.12409
Subject(s) - total factor productivity , affect (linguistics) , polarization (electrochemistry) , wage , economics , productivity , panel data , demographic economics , labour economics , econometrics , psychology , macroeconomics , chemistry , communication
The effect of wage polarization on total factor productivity (TFP) in the Spanish regions between 2004 and 2012 is analysed using dynamic panel estimates. The main finding of this research is that there seems to be some evidence that polarization can affect productivity negatively. Although the specification of the models seems to be correct, the time period studied is brief, so these results should be interpreted with caution.