Inside Jobs: Salary Setting for Immigrants Crossing Establishment, Organizational, and National Boundaries
利用美国劳工部行政记录，研究移民工人在不同职业转换（如内部晋升、跨单位调动、外部招聘）中起始薪资的差异，发现内部晋升者因岗位要求高而基础薪资更高，但外部招聘者（尤其是美国国内）的薪资增幅更大，而国际外部招聘者的增幅反而较小。
Using novel US Department of Labor administrative records, the authors test theoretical mechanisms to account for variation in immigrant workers’ starting salaries following key career transitions. Specifically, they examine differences in the base starting salaries and discretionary starting salary increases above these base starting salaries for 1) same-establishment hires, relative to 2) US-based establishment transfers, 3) international establishment transfers, 4) US-based external hires, and 5) international external hires. In support of the “insider premium” account, findings show that same-establishment hires tend to work in jobs with greater requirements, and thus higher base starting salaries. In partial support of the “outsider premium” account, findings show that US-based external hires receive larger starting salary increases than do same-establishment hires, conditional on the jobs they enter. This said, international external hires receive smaller starting salary increases than do same-establishment hires. Findings reveal distinct mechanisms, acting separately or in tandem, during salary-setting processes.