@techreport{NBERw2870,
 title = "The Employer Size-Wage Effect",
 author = "Charles Brown and James L. Medoff",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "2870",
 year = "1989",
 month = "December",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w2870",
 abstract = {We consider six explanations for the positive relationship between employer size and wages -- large employers (1) hire higher quality workers; (2) offer inferior working conditions; (3) make more use of high wages to forestall unionization; (4) have more ability to pay high wages; (5) face smaller pools of applicants relative to vacancies; (6) are less able to monitor their workers. We find some support for the first of these, but there remains a significant wage premium for those working for large employers.},
}