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Occupational Mobility and Wage Dynamics Within and Between Firms

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  • Jean-Marc Robin

    (Sciences-Po)

  • Fabien Postel-Vinay

    (University College London)

  • Francis Kramarz

    (CREST)

Abstract

Recent research has emphasized the key importance of the equilibrium allocation of heterogeneous workers into heterogeneous jobs or occupations as a determinant of economic efficiency. Most of the literature on this subject envisions worker (re-)allocation as occurring between employers. Yet, the data suggest that a very large amount of reallocation occurs within firms, in the form of internal promotions or de-motions. We construct a structural job search model with internal and external labor markets. Internal labor markets mediate occupational mobility and wage dynamics within firms, whereas the external labor market organizes any mobility involving an employer change, and related wage dynamics. The aim of this construction is to understand and quantify the role of within-firm reallocation in the assignment process of workers into jobs. The model is estimated on a large-scale matched employer-employee data set covering the entire French business sector.

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  • Jean-Marc Robin & Fabien Postel-Vinay & Francis Kramarz, 2014. "Occupational Mobility and Wage Dynamics Within and Between Firms," 2014 Meeting Papers 168, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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    1. Stijepic Damir, 2022. "Workplace Heterogeneity and the Returns to Versatility," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 22(2), pages 483-508, June.
    2. Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos & Kaas, Leo, 2015. "Worker mobility in a search model with adverse selection," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 340-386.
    3. Elena Pastorino, 2015. "Job Matching Within And Across Firms," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 56(2), pages 647-671, May.
    4. Papageorgiou, Theodore, 2018. "Large firms and within firm occupational reallocation," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 174(C), pages 184-223.
    5. Charlie Joyez & Raja Kali & Catherine Laffineur, 2023. "Occupational Coherence and Local Labor Market Performance: Evidence from France," GREDEG Working Papers 2023-20, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France.
    6. Stijepic, Damir, 2016. "Workplace Heterogeneity and the Returns to Versatility," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145710, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

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