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題名 Dynamics and Sources of Wage Inequality in Taiwan: Evidence from Employer-Employee Matched Data
作者 黃柏鈞; 連賢明
Huang, Po-Chun;Chen, Huei-Ming; Lien, Hsien‐Ming; Yang, Tzu-Ting
貢獻者 經濟系; 財政系
關鍵詞 AKM; minimum wage; wage inequality
日期 2026-01
上傳時間 9-Oct-2025 11:40:13 (UTC+8)
摘要 This paper studies the decline in wage inequality in Taiwan from 2004 to 2019 using administrative employer-employee matched data and the Abowd-Kramarz-Margolis (AKM) framework. Unlike the U.S. and Europe, Taiwan experienced an 8.4% drop in wage inequality, driven largely by reductions in within-firm disparities. Minimum wage hikes likely contributed to this compression, as lower-tail inequality declined due to faster earnings growth among lowwage workers, while upper-tail inequality remained relatively stable. AKM estimates, robust to bias correction, indicate that firm-specific wage premiums account for a small share of inequality, while worker-firm sorting has become increasingly important in explaining wage dispersion.
關聯 Economic Inquiry
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.70044
dc.contributor 經濟系; 財政系-
dc.creator (作者) 黃柏鈞; 連賢明-
dc.creator (作者) Huang, Po-Chun;Chen, Huei-Ming; Lien, Hsien‐Ming; Yang, Tzu-Ting-
dc.date (日期) 2026-01-
dc.date.accessioned 9-Oct-2025 11:40:13 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 9-Oct-2025 11:40:13 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 9-Oct-2025 11:40:13 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/159847-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This paper studies the decline in wage inequality in Taiwan from 2004 to 2019 using administrative employer-employee matched data and the Abowd-Kramarz-Margolis (AKM) framework. Unlike the U.S. and Europe, Taiwan experienced an 8.4% drop in wage inequality, driven largely by reductions in within-firm disparities. Minimum wage hikes likely contributed to this compression, as lower-tail inequality declined due to faster earnings growth among lowwage workers, while upper-tail inequality remained relatively stable. AKM estimates, robust to bias correction, indicate that firm-specific wage premiums account for a small share of inequality, while worker-firm sorting has become increasingly important in explaining wage dispersion.-
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dc.relation (關聯) Economic Inquiry-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) AKM; minimum wage; wage inequality-
dc.title (題名) Dynamics and Sources of Wage Inequality in Taiwan: Evidence from Employer-Employee Matched Data-
dc.type (資料類型) article-
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1111/ecin.70044-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.70044-