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Labor Mobility and the Industrial Wage Structure in the Postwar United States

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Introduction, 73. — I. Some inferences from empirical work, 74. — II. Postwar movements of wages and employment in the industrial sector, 77; changes in wages and in employment — correlations, 78; wage levels and employment changes, 79; wage levels and wage changes; wage dispersion, 80; wage rates and quit rates; related evidence, 81. — III. Some instances of major change, 85; changes in production-worker wages and employment in the period including World War II, 86; changes in wages and changes in employment — extreme values, 87; changes in compensation and employment in broad industrial categories, 1948–60, 88. — IV. Summary and policy inferences, 95.

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  • Lloyd Ulman, 1965. "Labor Mobility and the Industrial Wage Structure in the Postwar United States," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 79(1), pages 73-97.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:79:y:1965:i:1:p:73-97.
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    1. Lloyd Ulman, 1992. "Why Should Human Resource Managers Pay High Wages?," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 30(2), pages 177-212, June.
    2. William T. Dickens & Lawrence F. Katz, 1987. "Inter-Industry Wage Differences and Theories of Wage Determination," NBER Working Papers 2271, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Isaac Sorkin, 2018. "Ranking Firms Using Revealed Preference," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 133(3), pages 1331-1393.
    4. Ulman, Lloyd, 1992. "Why Should Human Resource Managers Pay High Wages?," Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series qt8378t1rz, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley.

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