A Theory of Wage Dispersion and Job Market Segmentation

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Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Year: 1989
Volume: 104
Issue: 1
Pages: 121-137

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

Job market segmentation refers to the idea that there tends to be a correlation among high wages, high productivity, high capital intensity, high value added, few quits relative to layoffs, and low labor turnover. This paper develops a model of wage dispersion and job market segmentation based on the very sparse assumption that the only departure from a strictly orthodox neoclassical world consists of wages being sticky in the short run. Implications of the model are explored and discussed.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:qjecon:v:104:y:1989:i:1:p:121-137.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29