Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
知识溢出、竞争与个人职业生涯
Knowledge Spillovers, Competition, and Individual Careers
摘要
Exposure to better peers in the workplace can influence career trajectories through two opposing channels: positively, via knowledge spillovers, and negatively, through competition for advancement. We disentangle these effects by studying untrained labor market entrants and distinguishing between coworkers in the same occupation with whom they are likely to compete versus those with whom they are unlikely to compete. We find robust evidence of persistent knowledge spillovers but also identify countervailing competition effects of comparable magnitude. Both effects are more pronounced for men than for women.
中文摘要
接触更优秀的同事会通过两种相反的渠道影响职业发展轨迹：正向的知识溢出效应与负向的晋升竞争效应。通过研究未受训的劳动力市场新进入者，并区分同一职业中可能与之竞争的同事与不太可能与之竞争的同事，我们分离了这两种效应。研究发现了知识溢出效应的稳健持续性证据，同时也识别出规模相当的竞争抵消效应。这两种效应在男性群体中均比女性群体更为显著。