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In a perfectly competitive labour market wages are only determined by productivity characteristics; labour is remunerated with their marginal product. But in the real world we observe huge wage differences not attributable to productivity characteristics. We observe wage differences between industries (Krueger and Summers, 1988), between firms (Abowd, Kramarz and Margolis, 1999) and between gender (Blau and Kahn, 2000).
I thank the DFG (project Al 393/6–3 — Gender-Specific Wages and Organizations) for financial support. For valuable comments I thank an anonymous referee and the participants of the conference on the Econometrics of Labour Demand from the Applied Econometrics Association from 6 to 8 September 2004 in Mons (Belgium).
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Gartner, H. (2006). Gender Wage Inequality and Rent-Sharing: Evidence from a German-Linked Employer—Employee Data-set. In: Mahy, B., Plasman, R., Rycx, F. (eds) Gender Pay Differentials. Applied Econometrics Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230504028_7
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