Tenure, experience, human capital, and wages: A tractable equilibrium search model of wage dynamics

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1551-1596

  Bagger, Jesper ^a   Fontaine, François ^b   Postel Vinay, Fabien ^c   Robin, Jean Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SCIENCES PO   (France)

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EID: 84896767538     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.6.1551     Document Type: Article

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