Personnel economics
By: Edward P. Lazear, Paul Oyer.
Contributors: Oyer, Paul E. 1963-; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 13480.; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 13480.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Personnel management -- Economic aspects
Description: In this review of the personnel economics literature, we introduce key topics of personnel economics, focus on some relatively new findings that have emerged since prior reviews of some or all of the personnel economics literature, and suggest open questions in personnel economics where future research can make valuable contributions to the literature. We explore five aspects of the employment relationship - incentives, matching firms with workers, compensation, skill development, and the organization of work - reviewing the main theories, empirical tests of those theories, and the open questions in each area.
Notes: "October 2007"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-56).

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