Establishment-Level Determinants of Job Quality and Wage Inequality
Grant Type
Early Career Research Award
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Description
Over the past several decades, job polarization, technological change, and deunionization have contributed to deteriorating job quality for many workers. In this project, I will examine the extent to which organizational choices are associated with changing job quality at the establishment level. I will use restricted-access cross-sectional and panel data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey to measure variation in organizational choices, including within-establishment polarization, management structure, and wage inequality. Results from this project will further understanding of how these trends play out at the establishment level, and will inform labor-market policies to improve prospects for all workers.
Grant Product
Careers within Firms: Occupational Mobility over the Life Cycle
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 18-286, 2018
Careers within Firms: Occupational Mobility Over the Lifecycle Labour 33(3): 241-277
The Occupational Structures of Low- and High-Wage Service Sector Establishments
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 18-292, 2018
The Occupational Structures of Low- and High-Wage Service Sector Establishments Economic Development Quarterly 33(2): 76-91