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Britain and BrExit: Is the UK more attractive to supervisors? An analysis of the wage premium to supervision across the EU
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Abstract We studied which European Union (EU) economy was more attractive prior to Brexit for employees in supervisory positions. We estimate the extra wage that supervisors earn relative to their subordinates - the wage premium to supervision (WPS) - at different quantiles of distribution of wages for 26 Eu... view more
We studied which European Union (EU) economy was more attractive prior to Brexit for employees in supervisory positions. We estimate the extra wage that supervisors earn relative to their subordinates - the wage premium to supervision (WPS) - at different quantiles of distribution of wages for 26 European economies. We find that the UK rewards supervisors more than other EU economies. Moreover, the WPS increases with wage and so increases wage inequality. Over 10% of the WPS depends on the national economic context. We discuss the implications for immigration and policymakers in relation to the post-Brexit process.... view less
Keywords
EU; Great Britain; referendum; executive position; wage level; national economy
Classification
Management Science
Income Policy, Property Policy, Wage Policy
Free Keywords
EU-SILC
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 291-312
Journal
British Journal of Industrial Relations, 61 (2023) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12675
ISSN
1467-8543
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0