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作者：Gibbons, R; Katz, LF; Lemieux, T; Parent, D
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); National Bureau of Economic Research; Harvard University; University of British Columbia; McGill University
摘要：We develop a model in which a worker's skills determine the worker's current wage and sector. The market and the worker are initially uncertain about some of the worker's skills. Endogenous wage changes and sector mobility occur as labor market participants learn about these unobserved skills. We show how the model can be estimated using nonlinear instrumental variables techniques. We apply our methodology to study wages and allocation of workers across occupations and industries using individ...
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作者：Kwon, I
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Many people are fired from their jobs for poor performance. However, it is difficult to distinguish whether they are fired because they are not well suited for their job ( sorting explanation) or because the firms are trying to provide incentives for effort ( incentive explanation). This article develops a dynamic incentive model of dismissal and proposes a methodology to distinguish between these two explanations. The methodology is based on learning-by-doing and changes in the slope of dismi...
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作者：Lavy, V; Schlosser, A
作者单位：Hebrew University of Jerusalem; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：This study evaluates the short-term effects of a remedial education program that provided additional instruction to underperforming high school students in Israel. The intervention prepared students for the matriculation exams. Using a comparison group of schools that enrolled in the program later and implementing a difference-in-differences estimation strategy, we found that the program raised the school mean matriculation rate by 3.3 percentage points. This gain reflects an effect on targete...
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作者：Cardoso, AR; Portugal, P
作者单位：IZA Institute Labor Economics; Universidade do Minho; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：How does a typically European bargaining system, with collective bargaining and national minimum wage, coexist with low unemployment and high wage flexibility? A unique data set on workers, firms, and collective bargaining contracts in Portugal is used to analyze the determinants of both the contractual wage and the wage cushion ( difference between contractual and actual wages). The results indicate that the wage cushion stretches the returns to worker and firm attributes, whereas it shrinks ...
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作者：Ziliak, JP; Kniesner, TJ
作者单位：University of Kentucky; Syracuse University
摘要：We estimate the incentive effects of income taxation in a life-cycle model of consumption and labor supply without intratemporal strong separability. We find that consumption and hours worked are direct complements in utility; both increase with a compensated increase in the net wage. The compensated net wage elasticity is about 0.3, nearly double estimates for U. S. men from a linear labor supply specification. Estimated intertemporal elasticities indicate significant intertemporal smoothing ...
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作者：Lluis, S
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：This article measures the importance of job level assignment based on comparative advantage and learning about workers' ability in explaining intrafirm wage and mobility dynamics using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. The results reveal the importance of nonrandom selection of workers into the rungs of the firm's job ladder. Measured and unmeasured ability play important roles in workers' rank assignment, with unmeasured ability being more important at higher levels of the hie...
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作者：Lazear, EP
作者单位：Stanford University
摘要：The theory below is that entrepreneurs must be jacks-of-all-trades who need not excel in any one skill but are competent in many. A model of the choice to become an entrepreneur is presented. The primary implication is that individuals with balanced skills are more likely than others to become entrepreneurs. Using data on Stanford alumni, the predictions are tested and found to hold. Those who have varied work and educational backgrounds are much more likely to start their own businesses than ...
