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This article tries to explain the wage differentials across industries and firms by the human capital theory, the compensating wage differential theory or other reasons and also the empirical evidences.
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Chan, W.K.W. Can ability and working conditions explain the wage differential across industries and firms?. J. Zheijang Univ.-Sci. 2, 467–470 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1631/BF02840570
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Key words
- wave differential
- human capital theory
- compensation wage differential
- establishement wage differential
- efficiency wage