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le 19 juin 2025
GREDEG
Title:
Firm hierarchy and employment segregation
(Authors: Michael Neugart (Technical University of Darmstadt) and Anna Zaharieva (Bielefeld University)
Abstract:
Firms organize their production processes differently, with consequences for various metrics of the economy. A so-far little explored issue is whether and how firm hierarchy affects employment segregation in the labor market. We show how the Duncan index, a widely used measure of segregation, changes as firm hierarchies become deeper, first in a simplified flow-model of the labor market, and then when transition probabilities are endogenized in a simulation model with search and matching and referral hiring. Our results suggest an intricate relationship between deepness of firms and employment segregation that depends on the relative transition probabilities between advantaged and disadvantaged employees along the firm hierarchy.
More about Michael Neugart
Firm hierarchy and employment segregation
(Authors: Michael Neugart (Technical University of Darmstadt) and Anna Zaharieva (Bielefeld University)
Abstract:
Firms organize their production processes differently, with consequences for various metrics of the economy. A so-far little explored issue is whether and how firm hierarchy affects employment segregation in the labor market. We show how the Duncan index, a widely used measure of segregation, changes as firm hierarchies become deeper, first in a simplified flow-model of the labor market, and then when transition probabilities are endogenized in a simulation model with search and matching and referral hiring. Our results suggest an intricate relationship between deepness of firms and employment segregation that depends on the relative transition probabilities between advantaged and disadvantaged employees along the firm hierarchy.
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19 juin 2025 14:00
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