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February 2008

How widely do wages vary within jobs in the same establishment?

Krista Sunday, Jordan Pfuntner

Within a given establishment, wages of workers vary considerably by job, particularly in certain occupations, such as public school teachers, and with incentive pay playing a role as well; although comparisons over time are problematic, evidence suggests that such wage dispersion has increased over the last two decades

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