Working Paper: NBER ID: w0117
Authors: Ann P. Bartel
Abstract: This paper uses detailed data on the salary histories of individuals to show how an individual's observed earnings growth can be decomposed into growth occurring on the job and growth occurring between jobs. it is shown that the relative contributions of these two components to overall earnings growth differ across race and education groups. Further, as predicted by the specific training hypothesis, the more mobile individuals are found to have smaller on-the-job earnings gains in absolute terms than the less mobile.
Keywords: earnings growth; job mobility; human capital; specific training; labor economics
JEL Codes: J31; J24
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| job mobility (J62) | earnings growth (O49) |
| job mobility (J62) | earnings growth (for less educated individuals) (I26) |
| specific training (M53) | job mobility and earnings growth (J62) |
| job duration (C41) | earnings growth (O49) |
| job mobility (J62) | larger total earnings growth (J39) |
| timing of job changes (J63) | earnings growth (O49) |
| race (J15) | earnings growth (O49) |