Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990

Interregional wage differences in the Spanish economy are of considerable magnitude. More precisely the average wage in Madrid is 69% higher than in Murcia and the figure for Cataluña is 47% higher. The main objective of this paper is to explain these differences. In order to do so, we estimate enla...

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Autores: Sanromà, Esteve, Ramos Lobo, Raúl
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/69542
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Palabra clave:Mercat de treball
Salaris
Igualtat retributiva
Contractes de treball
Labor market
Wages
Pay equity
Labor contract
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spelling Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990Sanromà, EsteveRamos Lobo, RaúlMercat de treballSalarisIgualtat retributivaContractes de treballLabor marketWagesPay equityLabor contractInterregional wage differences in the Spanish economy are of considerable magnitude. More precisely the average wage in Madrid is 69% higher than in Murcia and the figure for Cataluña is 47% higher. The main objective of this paper is to explain these differences. In order to do so, we estimate enlarged Mincer equations and study the quantitative importance of the 'territorial effect' on wages. Then we attempt to explain these effects as compensatory differences or as a result of existent disequilibrium in the provincial labour markets. The evidence obtained allows us to determine the magnitude of the 'territorial effect.' Once the influence of the individual and job characteristics are controlled for, there still remain positive differences slightly greater than 24% between the provinces of Barcelona and Sevilla and about 13% between Madrid and Sevilla. These wage differences are compensating to some extent for differences in the levels of prices, but they do not correspond to the unequal attraction of the Spanish provinces. The differences are explained, finally, by the unequal level of prices and by the irregular distribution of unemployment between provinces, which is shown to have a negative effect on wages close to the magnitude estimated by Blanchflower/Oswald (1994).Physica-Verlag1999info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/69542Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat en paper a Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft.Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, 1999, vol. 19, p. 35-54(c) Physica-Verlag, 1999info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/695422026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990
title Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990
spellingShingle Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990
Sanromà, Esteve
Mercat de treball
Salaris
Igualtat retributiva
Contractes de treball
Labor market
Wages
Pay equity
Labor contract
title_short Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990
title_full Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990
title_fullStr Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990
title_full_unstemmed Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990
title_sort Interregional wage differences in Spain. A microdata analysis for 1990
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sanromà, Esteve
Ramos Lobo, Raúl
author Sanromà, Esteve
author_facet Sanromà, Esteve
Ramos Lobo, Raúl
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author2 Ramos Lobo, Raúl
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mercat de treball
Salaris
Igualtat retributiva
Contractes de treball
Labor market
Wages
Pay equity
Labor contract
topic Mercat de treball
Salaris
Igualtat retributiva
Contractes de treball
Labor market
Wages
Pay equity
Labor contract
description Interregional wage differences in the Spanish economy are of considerable magnitude. More precisely the average wage in Madrid is 69% higher than in Murcia and the figure for Cataluña is 47% higher. The main objective of this paper is to explain these differences. In order to do so, we estimate enlarged Mincer equations and study the quantitative importance of the 'territorial effect' on wages. Then we attempt to explain these effects as compensatory differences or as a result of existent disequilibrium in the provincial labour markets. The evidence obtained allows us to determine the magnitude of the 'territorial effect.' Once the influence of the individual and job characteristics are controlled for, there still remain positive differences slightly greater than 24% between the provinces of Barcelona and Sevilla and about 13% between Madrid and Sevilla. These wage differences are compensating to some extent for differences in the levels of prices, but they do not correspond to the unequal attraction of the Spanish provinces. The differences are explained, finally, by the unequal level of prices and by the irregular distribution of unemployment between provinces, which is shown to have a negative effect on wages close to the magnitude estimated by Blanchflower/Oswald (1994).
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