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rat race: a standalone construct

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Labor economics

equilibrium in which workers signal ability by working faster or longer than they would prefer, because employers sort them by that observable effort.

In labor economics, rat race refers to equilibrium in which workers signal ability by working faster or longer than they would prefer, because employers sort them by that observable effort. This meaning comes from Akerlof (1976) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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References

Akerlof, G. (1976). The Economics of Caste and of the Rat Race and Other Woeful Tales. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 90(4), 599. https://doi.org/10.2307/1885324

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