American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2022 · Maxim Massenkoff、Nathan Wilmers
中文摘要
利用新的企业—职业层面微观数据，我们表明自主裁量式工资设定的使用在20世纪70年代和80年代显著扩大。蓝领工人的工资日益不再由职位名称或资历加以标准化，而是受制于管理层的自主裁量。当企业放弃标准化工资率时，工资下降，尤其是同一岗位中工资最低的工人，以及此前支付高于市场工资率的企业中的工人。在工人议价能力普遍下降的背景下，这种对标准化工资率的偏离加速了20世纪80年代蓝领工人经历的实际工资下降。（JEL J31, J33, J52, M52, O33）
Abstract
Using new establishment-by-occupation microdata, we show that the use of discretionary wage setting significantly expanded in the 1970s and 1980s. Increasingly, wages for blue-collar workers were not standardized by job title or seniority but instead subject to managerial discretion. When establishments abandoned standardized pay rates, wages fell, particularly for the lowest-paid workers in a job and for those in establishments that previously paid above market rates. This shift away from standardized pay rates, in context of a broader decline in worker bargaining power, accelerated the decline in real wages experienced by blue-collar workers in the 1980s. (JEL J31, J33, J52, M52, O33)