Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data, the authors analyze the determinants and consequences of a promotion among young workers. Most events that workers called “promotions†involved no change in position or duties, but were simply an upgrade of the current position....

Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data, the authors analyze the determinants and consequences of a promotion among young workers. Most events that workers called "promotions" involved no change in position or duties but were simply an upgrade of the current position. Typically, only...