Transitions through the labor market : work, occupation, earnings and retirement / edited by Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos.

Other author Polachek, S. W. editor.
Other author Tatamos, Konstantinos, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationBingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2018.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects
Labor market.

SeriesResearch in labor economics ; volume 46
Research in labor economics ; v. 46. ^A1254331
Contents Front Cover; Transitions Through The Labor Market: Work, Occupation, Earnings and Retirement; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Preface; Racial Differences in Labor Market Transitions and the Great Recession; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous Literature; 3. Data; 3.1. Sample Selection; 3.2. Indicator for Labor Market Transition; 3.3. Business Cycle Measure; 4. Transition Rates in the Sample Period and Trends over Time; 5. Model; 6. Empirical Results for the Unemployment Transitions; 6.1. Transition Probability from Employment to Unemployment
Contents 6.2. Transitions from Unemployment to Employment; 7. Empirical Results for Transitions into and out of the Labor Force; 7.1. Monthly Transition Probabilities; 7.2. Estimated Transitions across Labor Force States; 8. Test of Structural Change before and after the Great Recession; 9. Conclusion; References; Appendix 93;; The Optimal Graduated Minimum Wage and Social Welfare; 1. Introduction; 2. The Model; 2.1 The Benchmark Case: Social Welfare without a Graduated Minimum Wage; 2.2 Social Welfare with a Graduated Minimum Wage; 3. Optimal Consumption with a Graduated Minimum Wage
Contents 4. The Optimal Graduated Minimum Wage; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Appendix; Promotion Determinants in Corporate Hierarchies: An Examination of Fast Tracks and Functional Area; 1. Introduction; 2. Promotions in the Economics Literature; 3. Data; 4. Econometric Model; 4.1. Promotion Probability; 4.2. Response Probability; 4.3. Unobserved Heterogeneity; 4.4. Likelihood Function; 5. Empirical Results: The Determinants of Promotion; 5.1. Investigating the Importance of Structural Fast Tracks versus Unobserved Heterogeneity; 5.2. Labor Market Conditions and Functional Area
Contents 5.3. Decomposing Promotion Probabilities; 5.4. Correlation between Promotion and Response Probabilities; 6. Conclusion; References; Flattening Firms and Wage Distribution; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature Review; 3. The Model; 4. The Analysis; 4.1. A Two-Layer Model; 4.2. A Three-Layer Model; 4.3. Technology, Delayering, and Wages; 5. Conclusion; References; Mathematical Appendix; Wage Determination in Social Occupations: The Role of Individual Social Capital; 1. Introduction; 2. Background and Literature Review; 2.1. Social Capital; 2.2. Occupational Choice; 3. Methodology
Contents 3.1. Classifying Social and Nonsocial Occupations; 3.2. Estimating Individual Social Capital; 3.2.1. Creating Weights to Use in the SCCBS; 3.2.2. Identifying a Person's Unobserved Social Capital; 3.2.3. Estimating Social Capital; 3.3. Switching Regression Model of Occupational Wages with Selection; 3.3.1. Selection into Social and Nonsocial Occupations; 3.3.2. Decomposition of the Social Occupation Wage Differential; 3.3.3. The Role of Expected Wage Differentials in Occupational Choice; 3.3.4. Potential Endogeneity of Social Capital; 3.4. Sample Means; 4. Results
Abstract This volume contains seven original and innovative articles which analyze labor market transitions, how individuals progress from school to work, choose a particular occupation, move up the job ladder, and finally withdraw from the workforce to retirement. Investigations are done by race and gender; and social implications are examined.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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