Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.22598/at/2023.35.2.175

UNVEILING WAGES’ DETERMINANTS IN SPANISH HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

Francisco Sánchez-Cubo orcid.org/0000-0002-0556-7239 ; epartment of Applied Economics (Economic Structure), University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
José Mondéjar-Jiménez orcid.org/0000-0001-6161-0214 ; epartment of Applied Economics I, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain,
Alejandro García-Pozo orcid.org/0000-0002-4609-2495 ; Department of Applied Economics (Economic Structure), University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain

Abstract

The hospitality industry is commonly perceived as having low-added value and providing precarious jobs. Heretofore, academics have delved into measuring the determining factors of wages and the wage gap, especially between genders, but the latter question is not fully developed. Thus, through binomial logistic regressions and 2018 data from the Spanish Wage Structure Survey, this study analyses whether the gross hospitality wages are under the Spanish national average and which factors may influence that from traditional human capital and wage decomposition variables. The results show the significant impacts of gender, type of contract, responsibility, firm size and labour regulation to prevent salaries from falling under the national average. Conversely, there are striking impacts of overeducation and the category of the occupations on increasing the chances of earning below it. The findings fill a small but significant gap in the labour economics literature that may enable the stakeholders to better design job positions. Limitations revolve around the future implications of the recent labour reform.

Keywords

economy; gender; hospitality; salaries; Spain; wages

Hrčak ID:

311775

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/311775

Publication date:

20.12.2023.

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