Identifying Sorting in Practice

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bartolucci, Cristian; Devicienti, Francesco; Monzon, Ignacio
• 署名单位: Collegio Carlo Alberto; University of Turin; Collegio Carlo Alberto
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20170068
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 408-438
• 关键词: high wage workers; limited mobility bias; labor-market; management-practices; job search; FIRMS; PRODUCTIVITY; Heterogeneity; TECHNOLOGY; INEQUALITY

摘要

We propose a novel methodology to uncover the sorting pattern in labor markets. We identify the strength of sorting solely from a ranking affirms by profits. To discern the sign of sorting, we build a noisy ranking of workers from wage data. Our test for the sign of sorting is consistent even with noisy worker rankings. We apply our approach to a panel dataset that combines social security earnings records with detailed financial data for firms in the Veneto region of Italy. We find robust evidence of positive sorting. The correlation between worker and firm types is about 52 percent.