Occupational specificity of human capital

International Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-115

  Kambourov, Gueorgui ^a   Manovskii, Iourii ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849113079     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00524.x     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Altonji, J., and R. Shakotko Do Wages Rise with Seniority Review of Economic Studies 54 (1987 437 59.
2. Altonji, J., and N. Williams Do Wages Rise with Job Seniority? A Reassessment Industrial and Labor Relations Review 58 (2005 370 97.
3. Becker, G. Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis Journal of Political Economy 70 (1962 9 49.
4. Bertola, G., and A. Ichino Wage Inequality and Unemployment: United States vs. Europe in B. Bernanke and J. Rotemberg, eds., NBER Macroeconomics Annual (Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1995).
5. Brown, J. N., and A. Light Interpreting Panel Data on Job Tenure Journal of Labor Economics 10 (1992 219 57.
6. Burdett, K., and M. Coles Equilibrium Wage-Tenure Contracts Econometrica 71 (2003 1377 404.
7. Dohmen, T. J., B. Kriechel, and G. A. Pfann Monkey Bars and Ladders: The Importance of Lateral and Vertical Job Mobility in Internal Labor Market Careers IZA Discussion Paper No. 867, 2003.
8. Freeman, S. Wage Trends as Performance Displays Productive Potential: A Model and Application to Academic Early Retirement Bell Journal of Economics 77 (1977 419 43.
9. Gathmann, C., and U. Schonberg How General Is Human Capital? A Task-Based Approach Mimeo, University of Rochester, 2007.
10. Gottschalk, P., and R. Moffitt The Growth of Earnings Instability in the U.S. Labor Market Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2 (1994 217 72.
11. Guasch, L., and A. Weiss An Equilibrium Analysis of Wage-Productivity Gaps Review of Economic Studies 49 (1982 485 97.
12. Harris, M., and B. Holmstrom A Theory of Wage Dynamics Review of Economic Studies 49 (1982 315 33.
13. Hashimoto, M. Firm-Specific Human Capital as a Shared Investment American Economic Review 71 (1981 475 82.
14. Ingram, B. F., and G. R. Neumann The Returns to Skill Mimeo, University of Iowa, 2000.
15. Jacobson, L., R. LaLonde, and D. Sullivan Earnings Losses of Displaced Workers American Economic Review 83 (1993 685 709.
16. Kambourov, G., and I. Manovskii Accounting for the Changing Life-Cycle Profile of Earnings Mimeo, University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
17. Kambourov, G., and I. Manovskii Rising Occupational and Industry Mobility in the United States: 1968-1997 International Economic Review 49 (2008 41 79.
18. Kambourov, G., and I. Manovskii Occupational Mobility and Wage Inequality Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.
19. Kletzer, L. Job Displacement Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 (1998 115 36.
20. Lazear, E. Why Is There Mandatory Retirement Journal of Political Economy 87 (1979 1261 84.
21. Ljungqvist, L., and T. J. Sargent The European Unemployment Dilemma Journal of Political Economy 106 (1998 514 50.
22. Mathiowetz, N. A. Errors in Reports of Occupations Public Opinion Quarterly 56 (1992 352 55.
23. Mellow, W., and H. Sider Accuracy of Response in Labor Market Surveys: Evidence and Implications Journal of Labor Economics 1 (1983 331 44.
24. Mincer, J., Schooling, Experience, and Earnings (New York : Columbia University Press, 1974).
25. Mortensen, D. Specific Capital and Labor Turnover Bell Journal of Economics 9 (1978 572 86.
26. Neal, D. Industry-Specific Human Capital: Evidence from Displaced Workers Journal of Labor Economics 13 (1995 653 77.
27. Neal, D. The Complexity of Job Mobility Among Young Men Journal of Labor Economics 17 (1999 237 61.
28. Nickell, S. Wage Structures and Quit Rates International Economic Review 17 (1976 191 203.
29. Oi, W. Labor as a Quasi-Fixed Factor Journal of Political Economy 70 (1962 538 55.
30. Parent, D. Industry-Specific Capital and the Wage Profile: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Journal of Labor Economics 18 (2000 306 23.
31. Pavan, R. Career Choice and Wage Growth Working Paper, University of Rochester, 2005.
32. Polsky, D. Changing Consequences of Job Separation in the United States Industrial and Labor Relations Review 52 (1999 565 80.
33. PSID, A Panel Study of Income Dynamics: 1968-1980 Retrospective Occupation-Industry Files Documentation (Release 1) Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1999.
34. Salop, S., and J. Salop Self-Selection and Turnover in the Labor Market Quarterly Journal of Economics 91 (1976 619 28.
35. Shaw, K. A Formulation of the Earnings Function Using the Concept of Occupational Investment Journal of Human Resources 14 (1984 319 40.
36. Shaw, K. Occupational Change, Employer Change, and the Transferability of Skills Southern Economic Journal 53 (1987 702 19.
37. Stevens, M. Wage-Tenure Contracts in a Frictional Labor Market: Firms' Strategies for Recruitment and Retention Review of Economic Studies 71 (2004 535 51.
38. Topel, R. H. Specific Capital, Mobility, and Wages: Wages Rise with Job Seniority Journal of Political Economy 99 (1991 145 76.
39. Topel, R. H., and M. P. Ward Job Mobility and the Careers of Young Men Quarterly Journal of Economics 107 (1992 439 79.
40. Viscusi, K. Self-Selection, Learning-Induced Quits and Optimal Wage Structure International Economic Review 21 (1980 529 46.