Do more productive firms pay workers more ? : evidence from Egypt
Joint Authors
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 1172-1274 (31 Dec. 2018)48 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
48
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Theoretically, in perfectly competitive markets with full information, marginal productivity of labor and workers’ wages should be equalized across firms and wages should not be linked to the productivity of a firm.
Empirically examining the relationship between wages and productivity across various types of firms can reveal important deviations from perfect competition and full information.
This paper investigates the wage-productivity relationship in the case of Egypt.
We find that wages are related to firm productivity, even after accounting for worker quality.
The relationship between wages, productivity, and firm characteristics suggests that the association is due in part to imperfect competition and in part to the use of efficiency wages by employers.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Krafft, Caroline& Asad, Ragui. 2018. Do more productive firms pay workers more ? : evidence from Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-841043
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Krafft, Caroline& Asad, Ragui. Do more productive firms pay workers more ? : evidence from Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 1172-1274 (Dec. 2018).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-841043
American Medical Association (AMA)
Krafft, Caroline& Asad, Ragui. Do more productive firms pay workers more ? : evidence from Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-841043
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 21-46
Record ID
BIM-841043