Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278510 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
ECONtribute Discussion Paper No. 235
Publisher: 
University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI), Bonn and Cologne
Abstract: 
Job levels summarize the complexity, autonomy, and responsibility of task execution. Conceptually, job levels are related to the organization of production, are distinct from occupations, and can be constructed from data on task execution. We highlight their empirical role in matched employer-employee data for life-cycle wage dynamics, refine a task-based view of wage determination, and demonstrate that differences in job levels account for most of the observed wage differences. We also show, within a structural framework, that a job-level perspective provides a novel and fruitful interpretation of widely studied phenomena such as the gender wage gap and the returns to education and seniority.
Subjects: 
job levels
wage structure
career ladder
JEL: 
D33
E24
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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