Urban Wage Premia, Cost of Living, and Collective Bargaining
利用意大利2005-2015年私营部门工人数据和精细空间价格数据，发现集体谈判覆盖的雇员名义城市工资溢价为零、实际为负，而自雇者名义溢价为正且无实际工资惩罚。
Abstract In this article, we estimate urban wage premia (UWPs) in Italy, with its economy characterized by the interplay between collective wage bargaining and spatial heterogeneity in the cost of living. Our dataset for the 2005–2015 period exploits detailed information on the universe of workers in the private sector and price measures disaggregated at a fine spatial level. For employees under collective bargaining, we find a zero UWP in nominal terms and a negative UWP in real terms. When we turn to consider various groups of self-employed workers, who are not covered by national labor agreements, we instead find a positive nominal UWP and no real wage penalties.