Existing tests of tournament theory have recently been criticized <p> for their failure to distinguish tournaments from other theories that <p> have similar effects like standards and marginal productivity theory <p> (Gibbs, 1994, 1996; Prendergast, 1999). In this paper, we propose a <p> series of empirical...</p></p></p></p>

In most developed countries, women have closed the gap in educational attainment and labor market experience, yet gender wage gaps persist. This has led to an increased focus on the role of employers and employment practices. In particular, research has focused on the types of workplace where...

Labor market theories allowing for search frictions make marked predictions on the effect of the degree of frictions on wages. Often, the effect is predicted to be negative. Despite the popularity of these theories, this has never been tested. We perform tests with matched worker-firm data. The...