The wage policy of the firm: Micro foundations and macro implications.

摘要

This dissertation develops a novel model of wage determination in frictional labor markets, based on the personnel economics notion of "firm-wage policy." The first micro implication of the model is that if co-workers can observe each other's pay, the wage of old and new cohorts of workers within a firm is positively correlated. Secondly, the model implies that a firm-wage does respond to persistent productivity shocks, but is unchanged in the face of high-frequency productivity fluctuations. At the macro level, this wage determination model creates a powerful amplification mechanism from small aggregate shocks to productivity into large unemployment and vacancy fluctuations.