Firm-level distributional dynamics: Labour share in Italian medium-large firms

Abstract

In this paper, we explore the main drivers of firm-level labour share focusing on a sample of medium-large Italian firms. Taking advantage of the Rilevazione Imprese e Lavoratori (RIL) run by Inapp in 2010 and 2015, we explore the main drivers of changes in labour share on a heterogeneous sample of firms emphasizing different mechanisms at work among those firms showing higher labour share and firms with lower labour share. The results suggest an overall pattern of polarization: “more unequal firms” register a decline in labour share over the crisis, while the so-called “more equal firms” show an increase of the labour share even during the crisis period.

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Keywords

Determinazione dei salari, Sviluppo delle imprese

Citation

Bloise F., Brunetti I., Cirillo V. (2019), Firm-level distributional dynamics: Labour share in Italian medium-large firms, Roma, INAPP, WP, n. 8 <https://oa.inapp.org/xmlui/handle/20.500.12916/413>

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