Rising Through the Ranks: The Evolution of the Market for Corporate Executives, 1936-2003

I present new stylized facts on the market for managers over the twentieth century, utilizing a novel data set on managerial careers. From the 1930s to the mid-1970s, the level of executive pay, in...

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