Money and rank in the labor market

Ana Rute Cardoso

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 2, 325-328

Abstract: We analyze the gains/losses in wage and in rank position for workers switching firm. Voluntary movers enjoy a wage premium relative to stayers, but that premium declines with rank inside the new firm, indicating that movers are trading-off money and rank.

Keywords: Wage structure; Job movers; Linked employer–employee data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.025

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