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James L. Medoff

Researcher at Harvard University

Publications -  74
Citations -  12110

James L. Medoff is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Collective bargaining & Wage. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 74 publications receiving 11951 citations. Previous affiliations of James L. Medoff include National Bureau of Economic Research.

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What Do Unions Do

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What do unions do

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The Employer Size-Wage Effect

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider six explanations for the positive relationship between employer size and wages: large employers hire higher quality workers; offer inferior working conditions; make more use of high wages to forestall unionization; have more ability to pay high wages; face smaller pools of applicants relative to vacancies; and are less able to monitor their workers.
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The Employer Size-Wage Effect

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider six explanations for the positive relationship between employer size and wages: large employers hire higher-quality workers, offer inferior working conditions, make more use of high wages to forestall unionization, have more ability to pay high wages, face smaller pools of applicants relative to vacancies, and are less able to monitor their workers.
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Experience, Performance, and Earnings

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between experience and performance among managerial and professional employees doing similar work in two major U. S. corporations was investigated. And the results indicated that the human capital on-the-job training model cannot explain a substantial part of the observed return to labor market experience.