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Author: Lewis, Danielle
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1. Lewis, Danielle
Terrell, Dek
Experience, Tenure, and the Perceptions of Employers
Southern Economic Journal 67,3 (January 2001): 578-597.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1061452
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Southern Economic Association
Keyword(s): Bayesian; Job Tenure; Racial Differences; Wage Differentials; Wage Growth; Work Experience

This paper examines how group-based assessments concerning employee ability impact employee compensation. The employer learns about worker ability through Bayesian updating, creating an additional channel for wage growth that is not available to those workers with only general labor market experience. Consistent with the model's predictions, results from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) indicate that black workers fare much better relative to white workers in returns to tenure than in returns to experience. Finally, parameter estimates in the structural model suggest that employers initially undervalue black males but that their wages rise with learning by employers over time. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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Lewis, Danielle and Dek Terrell. "Experience, Tenure, and the Perceptions of Employers." Southern Economic Journal 67,3 (January 2001): 578-597.