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- Title
EMPLEO Y CARRERAS LABORALES EN CORREOS DE ESPAÑA, 1890-1935.
- Authors
Domenech, Jordi
- Abstract
The development of postal services has played an indisputable role in industrialization, market integration and state formation. Smooth functioning of these services depended on the existence of a well-paid and motivated body of civil servants. I study the organization of the internal labour market for civil servants in postal services in Spain from 1890 to 1935 showing a career in the postal services offered high entry wages, growing wages over the life cycle, and a secure job until retirement. There were two downsides to pursuing a career in the postal services. Firstly, entry and promotion depended on the expansion of employment. Secondly, nominal wages were upward rigid, causing large real wage losses during WWI.
- Subjects
SPAIN; POSTAL service; CIVIL service; POSTAL workers -- Salaries, etc.; MANDATORY retirement; EFFICIENCY wage theory; SPANISH economy; LABOR market; HISTORY; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian & Latin American Economic History, 2015, Vol 33, Issue 3, p455
- ISSN
0212-6109
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0212610915000154