Are earnings profiles steeper than productivity profiles? Evidence from Israeli firm-level data.

We test competing explanations of rising age-earnings profiles by obtaining direct estimates of marginal productivity differentials between workers in different age groups and comparing these to associated earnings differentials, using contemporary data from Israeli manufacturing firms. The results...

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Published in:	Journal of Human Resources Vol. 30; pp. 89 - 113
Main Authors:	Hellerstein, Judith K., Neumark, David
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press Winter95
Subjects:	Age & income Labor productivity Manufacturing industries Cobb-Douglas production function Age & employment Economics Wages Israel
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