Schönberg, U.;
(2007)
Testing for asymmetric employer learning.
Journal of Labor Economics
, 25
(4)
pp. 651-692.
10.1086/522905.
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Abstract
Recent evidence suggests that employers acquire more precise information about a worker’s productivity the more time he or she spends in the labor market. The following question arises: Is learning symmetric, that is, do all employers have the same information about workers’ productivity, or is learning asymmetric, that is, does the current employer have superior information about workers’ productivity? This article develops a learning model with endogenous mobility that nests both learning hypotheses. It then proposes new tests for asymmetric employer learning. Overall, learning appears to be mostly symmetric, except possibly when the employees involved are college graduates.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Testing for asymmetric employer learning |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1086/522905 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/522905 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2007 by The University of Chicago |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/17153 |
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