Using a panel of new firms and their employees, this paper studies the promotion opportunities for older workers within … the same firm. Survival analysis suggests that younger employees experience shorter times to promotion than older workers … and, therefore, the latter face a smaller likelihood of promotion. Although men are promoted more often than women …

This paper presents a novel model of promotion within the firm which sheds new light on the interplay between working … hours and the odds of subsequent promotion. The model's key feature is the coexistence of two different sources of …, and derive an empirical testable hypothesis that the correlation between working hours and subsequent promotion will be …

publishing, promotion, and tenure. While underlying gender differences can directly affect the relative productivity of men and … promotion rates in economics. Furthermore, the progress of women has stalled relative to that in other disciplines in the past … progress, reflected in gendered institutional policies and apparent implicit bias in promotion and editorial review processes. …

We formulate an empirical model of promotion with dynamic self-selection where the current promotion probability … specific attributes, time varying firm specific variables (firm size and profits) as well as endogenous past promotion … histories. We examine the causal effect of previous promotion histories (as measured by realized speed of promotion) on future …

profitability (productivity) of his team and of the promotion-seeking efforts of his employees. Our first main result clarifies the … examine the effect of the employees' productivity on their probability of promotion and on the extent of the resources wasted … candidate for promotion) is less likely to be promoted and the conditions under which higher employee's productivity results in …

opportunities of promotion using the British Household Panel Survey data set. Our analysis shows that the perceived probability of … promotion increases with working time and that this result is robust to various econometric specifications. …

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper examines the role of gender in the promotion …. Specifically, how do the factors related to promotion differ for men and women? How do gender differences in promotion translate … answering these questions, alternative definitions of ?promotion? will be considered. Getting ahead matters?particularly for …

This paper examines the disincentive effects of perceived underpayment on individuals? exerted effort and promotion. To … promotion, the difference between perceived and actual income has a smaller negative effect on the actual effort invested in …

The Peter Principle states that, after a promotion, the observed output of promoted employees tends to fall. Lazear … transitory ability. We also compare the efficiency of an exogenous promotion standard with a treatment where subjects self …, the efficiency of job allocation is higher when using a promotion rule than when employees are allowed to self …