An empirical note on wages in an internal labour market

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 99
Issue: 3
Pages: 570-573

Score contribution per author:

1.009 = (α=2.02 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

Earnings functions are estimated using personnel data of a German company. Results support a positive correlation between human capital, hierarchical levels, promotions, and wages. Moreover, promoted and newly hired employees start at the bottom of a level's wage distribution.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:3:p:570-573
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29