We develop a continuous-time model of career concerns that incorporates human capital accumulation throughout the working life. Workers are able to generate an output that follows a diffusion process with a drift that is the sum of effort and ability ("talent"). Talent corresponds to a hidden...

Students in low-income contexts often lack guidance in their career decisions which can lead to a misallocation of educational investments. We report on a randomized field experiment conducted with 1715 students in rural Cambodia and show that a half-day workshop designed to support adolescents...

The literature on workplace training highlights that the mentoring program is an important employee development method practiced in successful organizations. The ability of mentors either informally or formally to implement the mentoring program activities may lead to higher individuals'...