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Article: Uncertainty in Labor Productivity and Specific Human Capital Investment

TitleUncertainty in Labor Productivity and Specific Human Capital Investment
Authors
Bai, CEWang, Y
KeywordsBusiness and economics
Labor and industrial relations
Issue Date2003
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JOLE
Citation
Journal of Labor Economics, 2003, v. 21 n. 3, p. 651-675 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/374962
AbstractUncertainty in labor productivity (ULP) is affected by many factors, such as worker-employer matching, technology, and macroeconomic conditions. Not surprisingly, ULP varies across forms, industries, and economies. how do variations in ULP affect specific human capital (SHC) investment, wage, and labor turnover? A fixed-wage model is used to show that the answer depends critically on the initial level of ULP. The model is also used to show that wage and SHC are always positively correlated, but SHC investment and labor turnover do not have a monotonic relationship. The results have implications for empirical studies and public policies affecting ULP.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/42524
ISSN
0734-306X
2023 Impact Factor: 3.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 6.084
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000185185200006

 

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dc.description.abstractUncertainty in labor productivity (ULP) is affected by many factors, such as worker-employer matching, technology, and macroeconomic conditions. Not surprisingly, ULP varies across forms, industries, and economies. how do variations in ULP affect specific human capital (SHC) investment, wage, and labor turnover? A fixed-wage model is used to show that the answer depends critically on the initial level of ULP. The model is also used to show that wage and SHC are always positively correlated, but SHC investment and labor turnover do not have a monotonic relationship. The results have implications for empirical studies and public policies affecting ULP.en_HK
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dc.subjectLabor and industrial relationsen_HK
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