Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP6609
Authors: Ana Rute Cardoso; Shoshana Neuman; Adrian Ziderman
Abstract: Using a unique eight-year data set, merging population census and national insurance data, the paper examines and compares patterns of wage mobility in Israel. First, the public and the private sectors are compared. Second, within each of these sectors, a distinction is made between sub-sector groupings that exhibit a high level of concentration and those that are more diffuse and unregulated. Based on alternative measures of wage mobility, the central finding of the paper is that the extent of wage mobility in a given economic sector is negatively related to the degree of concentration in that sector.
Keywords: concentration; economic sectors; Israel; wage mobility
JEL Codes: J3; J6; L5
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Higher sectoral concentration (L79) | Lower wage mobility (J62) |
| Higher concentration in subsectors (L79) | Lower wage mobility in subsectors (J62) |
| Private sector low-concentration subsectors (L89) | Greater wage mobility (J62) |
| Higher concentration sectors (L79) | Lower wage mobility (J62) |