Wage and Employment Structure in an Economy with Internal Labor Markets

S-Tier
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Year: 1984
Volume: 99
Issue: 4
Pages: 693-716

Score contribution per author:

8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The paper discusses the economics of promotion and, in particular, studies wage and employment structure in an economy with internal labor markets. It is shown—under a wide range of assumptions—that firms will set a nondecreasing wage profile that, for reasons apparently not suggested before, both junior and senior workers may be paid more or less than their marginal product, and that firms will offer a flat wage schedule if labor hours are supplied perfectly inelastically.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:qjecon:v:99:y:1984:i:4:p:693-716.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-26