Veranstaltungen

08. April 2024, 16:00 bis 17:30

Theory & Policy Seminar / Joao Galindo da Fonseca (Univ. of Montreal) / How are wages determined: A quasi-experimental test of wage determination theories

Seminar

Joao Galindo da Fonseca will give a talk at our Economic Theory & Policy Seminar.

"How are wages determined: A quasi-experimental test of wage determination theories"

 Joao Galindo da Fonseca, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster (University of Montreal)

We test whether firm-specific demand shocks impact wages, and disentangle predictions coming from wage bargaining and wage posting. We use a unique institutional feature of public procurement auctions in Brazil: the moment in which the auction ends is random. For close auctions, winner and runner-up are as good as randomly assigned. In addition, contract value is higher for auctions that (randomly) end earlier. Winning a contract increases wages. We disentangle the effect on wages that comes from changes in firm size (wage posting) and the part that comes from changes in contract value (bargaining). We find evidence consistent with bargaining.

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TU Wien, DA green 04
1040 Vienna
Wiedner Haupstr. 8-10, Freihaus Buidling, green area, 4th floor (Seminarroom DA04 green)

 

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Julia Hutter
julia.hutter@tuwien.ac.at

 

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