Journal of Labour Economics (노동경제논집)

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The Sources of Firm Size-Wage Premium

기업규모 간 임금격차 원인 분석

  • 송상윤 (한국은행 경제연구원 미시제도연구실)
  • Received : 2018.10.24
  • Accepted : 2018.12.22
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

This paper analyzes the effects of three factors on the firm-size wage premium which have not been considered in previous studies: the worker compositions within firms, the wage differentials between contractors and subcontractors, and the performance pay and rent-sharing behaviors of firms. The main results are as follows. First, even after controlling for the various worker characteristics, the differences in shares of highly educated workers, managers, and professionals between large and small firms make the size-wage premium larger. Secondly, wage differentials between contractors and subcontractors also affect the size-wage premium in the manufacturing sector. Thirdly, high performance pay and active rent-sharing behaviors of large manufacturing firms make the size-wage premium larger. These results imply that a positive matching effect among skilled workers, a structural problem between contractors and subcontractors, and differences in rent-sharing behaviors between large and small firms have affected the firm-size wage premium in the South Korean labor market.

본 연구에서는 기존 연구에서 고려하지 못한 직장 내 노동자 구성, 원 하청기업 여부, 성과급 지급 및 성과공유제도 실시 여부가 기업(또는 사업체) 규모 간 임금격차에 미친 영향을 분석하였다. 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 다양한 노동자 특성을 통제한 이후에도 규모가 큰 기업의 높은 고학력자 및 관리직 전문직 비율은 규모 간 임금격차를 확대시켰다. 둘째, 원 하청기업 간 임금격차는 기업규모 간 임금격차를 확대시키는 방향으로 작동하였다. 셋째, 규모가 작은 기업의 낮은 성과급 지급 및 소극적인 성과공유제도 도입은 규모 간 임금격차를 확대시켰다. 이러한 결과는 노동자 간 매칭효과, 원 하청기업 간 구조적 문제, 규모에 따른 성과공유 정도 차이가 기업규모 간 임금격차에 영향을 미치고 있음을 시사한다.

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