Employer Size and Supervisor Earnings: Evidence from Britain

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Using British linked employer-employee data, we show that the establishment size effect for supervisors is approximately twice that for non-supervisors. This difference is routinely statistically significant, not explained by other controls and is an important determinant of the difference in earnings between supervisors and non-supervisors. Moreover, we use separate British longitudinal data to confirm both the statistically different effect and that it is not explained by worker fixed effects. Event study evidence and information on skill match suggest that the larger return to supervisors reflects, in large part, match specific returns supporting the view that talented supervisors receive a return on that talent only with larger employers.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 136

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
• Subject: Supervisor ; Hierarchy ; Size Wage Effect

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Green, Colin ; Heywood, John S. ; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Maastricht
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/170707
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET