Entry:
Kalleberg, Arne L. and Van Buren, Mark E., "Organizations and Economic Stratification: A Cross-National Analysis of the Size-Earnings Relation," Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 11 (1992), 61-93.
Abstract:
In the U.S., workers in large companies earn more than workers in small firms. In Japan and Norway this effect is not as pronounced as in the U.S.
GSS Years:1989
Other Data Sets:
BLS 1945-1964; CPS; Census 1939-1990; QES
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| NUMSITES |
DOES RS FIRM HAVE MORE THAN ONE LOCATION |
| LOCALNUM |
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: RS WORK SITE |
| TOTALNUM |
NUMBER OF EMPLOYESS: RS ENTIRE FIRM |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| RINCOME |
RESPONDENTS INCOME |
| HRS1 |
NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED LAST WEEK |
| HRS2 |
NUMBER OF HOURS USUALLY WORK A WEEK |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| SUPERVIS |
DOES R SUPERVISE OTHERS AT WORK |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| WORDSUM |
NUMBER WORDS CORRECT IN VOCABULARY TEST |
| DANGER |
HOW OFTEN DOES R WORK IN DANGEROUS CONDS |
| UNHLTHY |
HOW OFTEN DOES R WORK IN UNHEALTHY CONDS |
| UNPLEZNT |
HOW OFTEN DOES R WORK IN UNPLEASNT CONDS |
| PRESTIGE |
RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970) |
| RINTJOB |
RS JOB IS INTERESTING |
| BOREDOM |
HOW OFTEN IS R BORED AT WORK |
| RWRKINDP |
R CAN WORK INDEPENDENTLY |
| PLANWRK |
HOW MUCH CAN R PLAN DAILY WORK |
| PROMOTN |
IMPORTANCE OF ADVANCEMENT IN A JOB |
| JOBLOSE |
IS R LIKELY TO LOSE JOB |
| RSECJOB |
RS JOB IS SECURE |
| UNION |
DOES R OR SPOUSE BELONG TO UNION |
| COWRKERS |
QUALITY OF RELS AMONG WORKERS: RS FIRM |
| BOSSEMPS |
QUALITY OF MGMNTEMPLOYEE RELS: RS FIRM |
| FINDWORK |
COULD R FIND A JOB |
| JOBFIND |
COULD R FIND EQUALLY GOOD JOB |
| XNORCSIZ |
EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE |