The firm’s internal job ladders are short and mutually exclusive

Evidence

Thus entry to the job market as an unskilled worker reduces the chances of becoming a skilled worker; entry as a blue-collar worker reduces the chances of becoming a white-collar worker, and so on. Also the chances of moving up the job ladder are, beyond a certain point, quite limited. Thus only a few assembly line workers ever become supervisors; only a few steno-pool typists ever become personal secretaries; and so on. The worker’s wage or salary depends on the particular job ladder, the rung on that ladder currently occupied, and the length of service. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 880

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Internal work organization shapes income inequality independent of individual differences — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 877

Broader Connections

• Internal work organization shapes income inequality independent of individual differences #expands (0.75) — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 877