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OCCUPATIONAL SPECIFICITY OF HUMAN CAPITAL*
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We find that returns to occupational tenure are substantial. Everything else being constant, 5 years of occupational tenure are associated with an increase in wages of 12%–20%. Moreover, when occupational experience is taken into account, tenure with an industry or employer has relatively little importance in accounting for the wage one receives. This finding is consistent with human capital being occupation specific.
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- Kambourov, G., & Manovskii, I.
- Venue
- International Economic Review
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-01-28
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 63-115
- ISSN
- 0020-6598 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2354
- OpenAlex
- W1530804213
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- 675
- References
- 41
- FWCI
- 87.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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