We survey the theoretical literature on careers in organizations, focusing on models that
address detailed evidence or stylized facts. We begin with what we call building-block …

This chapter reviews recent developments in the study of individual employment contracts. It
discusses three reasons for an employer and an employee to have a contract:(1) to allocate …

This paper provides an overview of the existing theoretical and empirical work on the
provision of incentives. It reviews the costs and benefits of many types of pay-for …

We show that a framework that integrates job assignment, human-capital acquisition, and
learning captures several empirical findings concerning wage and promotion dynamics …

We examined the relationship between taking a leave of absence and rewards among
11,815 managers in a financial services organization. Results indicated that leaves of …

Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we find that true wage changes have many
fewer nominal cuts and more nominal freezes than reported nominal wage changes. The …

The last years have witnessed a general rise in interest concerning income distribution and
its economic consequences. This is mainly the result of rising income disparities in many …

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1988–90), the author
investigates the relationship between methods of pay, including piece rates and bonuses …

We consider a model of wage formation characterized by two features, learning and
downward rigidity. We show that wages should exhibit a late-beginning property: when one …

Personalwirtschaftliche Problemstellungen werden häufig aus Sicht der Personalabteilung
diskutiert. Im Vordergrund stehen dabei administrative sowie verfahrenstechnische Fragen …