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



Table 6: Workplace Organization and Wage Dispersion - NES 1993

Specificationsb

(1)

(2)

(3)

(3)

(3)

Manuf.

Non Man.

Workforce

Education Managers

0.038**

0.035**

0.032**

0.046**

0.010

(0.019)

(0.017)

(0.016)

(0.02)

(0.019)

Education Ft-Lines

-0.047

-0.045*

-0.049*

-0.115**

-0.026

(0.029)

(0.026)

(0.027)

(0.058)

(0.031)

% Women

0.065

0.084

0.076

0.178

0.042

(0.115)

(0.121)

(0.116)

(0.115)

(0.149)

% Minorities

0.357***

0.302***

0.309***

0.315***

0.054

(0.118)

(0.105)

(0.104)

(0.115)

(0.139)

% New Hired

-0.094

-0.083

-0.025

0.483

-0.197

(0.153)

(0.174)

(0.172)

(0.332)

(0.156)

Union Dummy

-0.041

-0.039

-0.037

0.024

-0.102

(0.057)

(0.055)

(0.055)

(0.073)

(0.087)

% Managers

-0.494

-0.507

-0.498

-0.503

-0.507

(0.476)

(0.444)

(0.440)

(0.554)

(0.519)

% Ft-Lines

-0.164

-0.238*

-0.250*

-0.448**

-0.110

(0.145)

(0.140)

(0.140)

(0.188)

(0.165)

Technology

% Equipment < 1 yr

-0.229

-0.216

-0.282

-0.409*

-0.016

(0.171)

(0.173)

(0.174)

(0.225)

(0.219)

% Equipment 5-10 yr

-0.041

-0.045

-0.069

-0.202

0.015

(0.113)

(0.124)

(0.119)

(0.165)

(0.144)

% Equipment > 11 yr

-0.166*

-0.187*

-0.202*

-0.318**

-0.013

(0.104)

(0.107)

(0.105)

(0.131)

(0.140)

Capital Stock

0.019

0.005

-0.004

-0.027

0.003

$ value, in log

(0.024)

(0.024)

(0.022)

(0.023)

(0.029)

New Equipt

0.022

0.026

0.037

0.024

0.035

$ value, in log

(0.019)

(0.019)

(0.017)

(0.023)

(0.022)

Labor Cost

-0.030

-0.043

-0.050

0.002

-0.088

$ value, in log

(0.044)

(0.041)

(0.040)

(0.040)

(0.060)

Other Costs

0.016

0.045

0.054

-0.040

0.120

$ value, in log

(0.053)

(0.052)

(0.052)

(0.053)

(0.077)

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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