Upjohn Research

Title

How New Is the "New Employment Contract"?: Evidence from North American Pay Practices

Authors

David I. Levine, University of California, Berkeley
Dale Belman, Michigan State University
Gary Charness, University of California, Santa Barbara
Erica L. Groshen, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
K. C. O'Shaughnessy, Western Michigan University

Year

2002

Abstract

This book explores this apparent change in the employment contract. Whereas earlier studies in this area focused on the rigidities in the quantity side of the employment relationship, e.g., changes in job tenure and rates of displacement, the authors focus on the price side of the contract - whether wage structures have become more flexible.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Theories of Internal Labor Markets
3. Changes in Internal Labor Markets
4. Wage Structures at Large and Small Employers
5. Changes in Wage Structures within and between Employers
6. Job Characteristics, Skills, and Wages
7. Changes in Attitudes toward Pay Flexibility
8. Conclusions

Citation

Levine, David I., Dale Belman, Gary Charness, Erica L. Groshen, and K.C. O'Shaughnessy. 2002. How New Is the "New Employment Contract"?: Evidence from North American Pay Practices. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

ISBN

9780880992312 (pbk.) ; 9780880992329 (cloth)

Subject Areas

EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Job security; Job stability; Wages and benefits; Inequality