Development and Retention of Human Capital in Large Bureaucracies

Darrell J. Glaser () and Ahmed Rahman
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Darrell J. Glaser: United States Naval Academy

Departmental Working Papers from United States Naval Academy Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of engineer-oriented and technical experience on job mobility during an era of rapid technological advance. We first develop an on-the-job search model to help us understand factors leading to job switching under rigid payment systems. Then, using longitudinal data on late 19th-Century British and American naval officer- and engineer-careers, we show how different forms of technical experience and pro- motion rates infl uence job switching. Using our estimates we find rates of return to technical experience rising dramatically by the turn of the 20th Century. To our knowledge these are the earliest estimates of returns to any type of technical skill. These findings help us understand how modernizing organizations can become more vulnerable to loss of skilled personnel, and how organizations might optimally respond to such loss.

Pages: 64 pages
Date: 2017-10
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