Career and wage dynamics: Evidence from linked employer-employee data

Research in Labor Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-76

  Kauhanen, Antti ^a   Napari, Sami ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Employer changes; Human capitalB; Internal labor markets; Promotions; Wage growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884160970     PISSN: 01479121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/s0147-9121(2012)0000036006     Document Type: Article

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