Worker turnover and job matching--Implications for estimating the returns to tenure

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Journal: Economics Letters

Year: 2008

Volume: 101

Issue: 2

Pages: 137-139

Authors (2)

Barmby, Tim (University of Aberdeen) Eberth, Barbara (not in RePEc)

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

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Abstract

This paper replicates Medoff and Abraham's [Medoff, J. and Abraham, K., 1980. Experience, performance, and earnings. Quarterly Journal of Economics 95, 703-736.] results where the introduction of performance ratings into an earnings equation doesn't reduce the coefficient on tenure. M&A interpret this as being worrying for Human Capital Theory. We offer an interpretation where it isn't.

Worker turnover and job matching--Implications for estimating the returns to tenure

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