Firm-Specific Determinants of the Real Wage
35 Pages Posted: 15 Jan 2007 Last revised: 31 Dec 2022
Date Written: March 1992
Abstract
Bargaining models suggest that firm-specific variables play an important role in wage determination. Yet previous empirical studies of wage determination have largely ignored these variables. Our analysis of a large panel data set of U.S. wage contracts suggests that firm-specific variables suggested by bargaining models. such as the values of sales. the capital-labor ratio, and the financial liquidity of the firm. are important determinants of negotiated real wages.
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