Salaries and Career Opportunities in the Banking Industry: Evidence from the Personnel Records of the Union Bank of Australia

This paper uses personnel records to examine the importance of seniority-based personnel practices in the Australian banking industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is shown that internal labor markets were well established by the 1880s as limited ports of entry, internal promotio...

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Published in:Explorations in economic history 2001-04, Vol.38 (2), p.195-224
Main Authors: Seltzer, Andrew J., Simons, Kenneth L.
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Australian banking industry
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Banks
Economic history
Financial history
Financial intermediaries
History
internal labor markets
Labor market
Labour market
Labour market structure
Personnel policies
Seniority
Wages & salaries
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Banking industry
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Economic history
Financial history
Financial intermediaries
History
internal labor markets
Labor market
Labour market
Labour market structure
Personnel policies
Seniority
Wages & salaries
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