Increases in the minimum wage can substantially reduce earnings inequality. To
demonstrate this, we combine administrative and survey data with an equilibrium model of …

We use a massive, matched employer-employee database for the United States to analyze
the contribution of firms to the rise in earnings inequality from 1978 to 2013. We find that one …

Many studies use matched employer-employee data to estimate a statistical model of
earnings determination with worker and firm fixed effects. Estimates based on this model …

Do firms adjust wages in response to changes in their own demand level or to changes in
competitive pressure from rival employers? We study how exporters adjust wages in …

There are growing concerns that automation technology may have far-reaching implications
for development, by restructuring global value chains and substituting workers. This paper …

This report provides new evidence on the increasing dispersion in wages and productivity
using novel micro-aggregated firm-level data from 16 countries. First, the report documents …

Financial regulators and investors have expressed concerns about high pay inequality
within firms. Using a proprietary data set of public and private firms, this paper shows that …

We build an equilibrium model of a small open economy with labor market frictions and
imperfectly enforced regulations. Heterogeneous firms sort into the formal or informal sector …

We discuss firm-level evidence based on UK data showing that within-firm pay inequality--
wage differentials between top-and bottom-level jobs--increases with firm size. Moreover …

The rise of top-heavy inequality—earnings concentration in a very thin layer of elites—calls
into question our understanding of the distributional effects of the Liberal International Order …