Is there a quality-upgrading wage premium?

  1. Pedro J. Hernández 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Revista:
Revista de economía aplicada

ISSN: 1133-455X

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 24

Número: 71

Páginas: 69-92

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Este artículo analiza la existencia de una prima salarial por aumentar la calidad del producto a nivel de empresa y su conexión con la prima salarial de las empresas exportadoras. Producir bienes de alta calidad incrementa la probabilidad de exportar y puede activar el mecanismo de aprender exportando. A su vez, productos de mayor calidad requieren emplear trabajadores más cualificados y, por tanto, retribuidos a un mayor salario. Utilizando una metodología similar a la propuesta por Schank y otros (2010), se comprueba si las empresas que incrementan la calidad de su producto pagan mayores salarios (hipótesis de aprender aumentando la calidad) o, contrariamente, si las empresas con mayor productividad, aproximada ésta por sus mayores salarios, son más proclives a incrementar la calidad de sus productos (hipótesis de autoselección).

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I gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science under project ECO2011-28501, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under project ECO2014-53419-R and Fundación Séneca de Murcia project 11885/PHCS/09

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