Human Resource Management Practices and Wage Dispersion in U.S. Establishments



Table 5: Workplace Organization and Practices and Wage Dispersiona - NES 1996

Specificationsb

(1)

(2)

(3)

(3)

(3)

Manuf.

Non Man.

Workforce

Education Managers

0.016

0.014

0.015

0.009

0.018

(0.016)

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.013)

(0.025)

Education Ft-Lines

-0.069**

-0.062**

-0.069**

-0.060*

-0.065

(0.031)

(0.031)

(0.030)

(0.036)

(0.043)

% Women

0.474***

0.488***

0.473***

0.086

0.643***

(0.099)

(0.105)

(0.110)

(0.132)

(0.162)

% Minorities

0.190**

0.253***

0.247***

0.319***

0.199*

(0.081)

(0.078)

(0.076)

(0.077)

(0.184)

% New Hired

0.038

0.120

0.125

0.327**

0.117

(0.127)

(0.122)

(0.121)

(0.160)

(0.184)

Union Dummy

-0.154***

-0.110**

-0.112**

-0.003

-0.230***

(0.052)

(0.051)

(0.050)

(0.056)

(0.071)

% Managers

-0.313

-0.261

-0.293

-0.175

-0.459*

(0.204)

(0.190)

(0.190)

(0.239)

(0.280)

% Ft-Lines

-0.110

0.066

0.064

-0.064

0.116

(0.117))

(0.108)

(0.105)

(0.192)

(0.143)

Technology

% Equipment < 1 yr

0.031

0.105

0.062

0.105

0.144

(0.131)

(0.139)

(0.136)

(0.209)

(0.204)

% Equipment 5-10 yr

0.009

0.079

0.058

-0.125

0.057

(0.094)

(0.091)

(0.091)

(0.123)

(0.155)

% Equipment > 11 yr

0.048

0.025

0.012

-0.210*

0.056

(0.113)

(0.117)

(0.117)

(0.112)

(0.196)

Capital Stock

-0.017

-0.015

-0.012

-0.003

-0.002

$ value, in log

(0.015)

(0.014)

(0.015)

(0.018)

(0.020)

New Equipt

-0.015

-0.022

-0.021

-0.028

-0.021

$ value, in log

(0.018)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.021)

(0.022)

Labor Cost

0.032

0.000

-0.003

-0.037

0.024

$ value, in log

(0.024)

(0.023)

(0.023)

(0.028)

(0.035)

Other Costs

0.029*

0.039**

0.039**

0.023

0.039*

$ value, in log

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.015)

(0.021)

(0.022)

a-The dependent variable is the log of the ratio of average wages of managers and production
workers.

b-Also include industry and firm-size dummies. Standard errors computed using the White
correction. 1% significance level: ***. 5% significance level: **. 10% significance level: *.

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