Job Value: New Measure of Career Success Potential from a Job

Kenta Kojima and Katsuya Takii
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Kenta Kojima: Faculty of Economics, Kansai University

No 23E001, OSIPP Discussion Paper from Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University

Abstract: This paper develops a new method for assigning a value to each job that evaluates the likelihood and speed of promotion from that job to top executive and applies it to personnel data for Japanese bureaucrats. We find that outwardly similar jobs within the same hierarchical rank involve very different opportunities for promotion to top executive. We also reveal frequent real demotions and the early selection of elite bureaucrats unable to be detected through use of hierarchical rank. These findings suggest that assignment to a specific job can be a credible signal for promotion to top management.

Keywords: Internal labor market; Career paths; Promotion; Fast track; Job Assignment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J45 M12 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53pages
Date: 2023-07
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