Fringe Benefits of Workers in Nonmanufacturing Industries

They Vary by Employee Income, the Marginal Tax Rate, Union Status and Firm Size

Bibliographic Data

ID2765754
AuthorsWilliamt Alpert, Martha N Ozawa (University of Connecticut)
Year1986
Volume45
Issue2
Pages173-188
Publication date1986-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1536-7150.1986.tb01918.x
OpenAlexW1946555140
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

Fringe benefits have increased rapidly during recent decades. While determinants of manufacturing workers' fringes have been investigated, little information is available about those of nonmanufacturing workers. In this study we investigate factors that determine the levels of fringes of office and nonoffice workers provided by private-sector nonmanufacturing establishments. The factors are classified by characteristics of employees (such as income, marginal tax rate, union status), of firms (such as size, location and industry), and other variables. Using regression analysis we find employee income, marginal tax rate, union status and firm size consistently and positively related to fringe benefits. Other variables'coefficients in the equation usually possess the sign predicted by the model but sometimes do not attain statistical significance at conventional levels. We conclude that economic models of fringe benefits accurately represent behavior in nonmanufacturing establishments

Business · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Manufacturing · Regression analysis · Statistics · Variables · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Marketing · Mathematics · Merger and Competition Analysis · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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