The idea that wages rise relative to alternatives as job seniority accumulates is the foundation of the theory of … tenures typically earn higher wages tends to support these views, yet this evidence ignores the decisions that have brought … individuals to the combination of wages, job tenure, and experience that are observed in survey data. Allowing for sources of bias …

the period for both wages and earnings, and that mobility is declining over time. Hence, this paper suggests that while …

the current period movers. Longer-run wage gains are defined as the difference in wages between two successive jobs at the …

excess supply. The net union premium was estimated by relating changes in wages to changes in union status of the same worker … measured by wages. This conclusion was less reliable for older workers. Subsequent analysis explores the effects of successful … whole tenure profile of wages. The explicit linking of wage levels to seniority reduces incentives for worker investment in …

increase in average wages in exporting firms relative to domestic firms, consistent with earlier studies. However, using … the differential impact of trade openness on the wages of workers at exporting firms relative to otherwise identical …, non-random labor market allocation mechanisms, in determining the effects of trade policy changes on wages …