Worker turnover in the 1920s: What labor-supply arguments don't tell us

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Owen, LJ
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700042170
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 822-841
• 关键词: lifetime jobs; AMERICA

摘要

This article investigates the decline in turnover of manufacturing workers in the United States that occurred in the 1920s. Three labor-supply explanations are evaluated using aggregate data on manufacturing workers and case studies of four manufacturing firms. The labor-supply analysis does not yield a satisfying explanation of the decline in quit rates of manufacturing workers. The suggestion is made that an examination of firms' employment policies is necessary to explain why workers were quitting their jobs less frequently.