TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borghans, Lex
AU  - Kriechel, Ben
TI  - Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13210
PY  - 2007
Y2  - July 2007
DO  - 10.3386/w13210
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13210
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13210.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Lex Borghans
Department of Economics
Maastricht University
P.O. Box 616
NL-6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 43 3883620
E-Mail: lex.borghans@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Ben Kriechel
ROA
Maastricht University
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
E-Mail: ben.kriechel@roa.unimaas.nl
M1  - published as Lex Borghans, Ben Kriechel. "Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in The Netherlands, 1999-2003," in Edward P. Lazear and Kathryn L. Shaw, editors, "The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison" University of Chicago Press (2008)

M3  - presented at "Wage Structure, Raises, and Mobility", January 2, 2007
AB  - In this paper we document the wage structure and labor mobility in the Netherlands in the period 1999-2003. We explain the importance of wage-setting institutions in the Netherlands and the main actors. The analyses are based on administrative sources allowing for comparisons between and within firms, and in which workers can be followed over time. In the period investigated the Netherlands experienced an increase in wage inequality. Despite the centralized system of wage negotiations in the Netherlands, our findings suggest that market forces were the main determinant of wage growth. Workers with similar wages experienced similar wage increases in firms of different sizes. Wages increases were larger for low-skilled workers in industries with large increases in demand than in other industries. Variation in wage growth was mainly at the individual level. Firm-level wage increases accounted for only 12 % of the total variation.
ER  -