年龄-工资-生产率之谜:来自高收入者职业生涯的证据

IF 1.7 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economic Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI:10.1111/ecin.13191

Rachel Scarfe, Carl Singleton, Adesola Sunmoni, Paul Telemo

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摘要

在大多数劳动力市场中，年龄和工资之间呈倒u型关系，但年龄对生产率的影响往往不清楚。我们使用北美高收入职业足球运动员(足球运动员)市场的面板数据来估计年龄生产率和年龄工资概况。我们发现了明显的差异;在生产力达到顶峰后，工资会上涨几年，然后在职业生涯结束时急剧下降。这就提出了一个问题:为什么中年工人的工资似乎过高?我们调查了一系列可能的机制，这些机制可能是负责任的，只找到初步支持人才发现理论的证据。

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The age-wage-productivity puzzle: Evidence from the careers of top earners

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The age-wage-productivity puzzle: Evidence from the careers of top earners

There is an inverted u-shaped relationship between age and wages in most labor markets, but the effects of age on productivity are often unclear. We use panel data in a market of high earners, professional footballers (soccer players) in North America, to estimate age-productivity and age-wage profiles. We find stark differences; wages increase for several years after productivity has peaked, before dropping sharply at the end of a career. This poses the question: why are middle-aged workers seemingly overpaid? We investigate a range of possible mechanisms that could be responsible, only finding evidence that tentatively supports a talent discovery theory.

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Economic Inquiry ECONOMICS-

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3.80

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5.60%

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