wages in a new job, although the relative importance differs by qualification level. The share of workers in the same … decreases with experience and is negatively associated with wages. …

The authors investigate on the basis of primary and secondary data the relationship between individual cognitive skills … and the complexity of the particular work those individuals perform. Additionally, the relationship between skills and … skills. Also, higher cognitive skill levels predict upward occupational mobility. Finally, we demonstrate that the …

This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of … Maximum Likelihood (REML) model we find substantial influences of family background on the skills of both brothers and sisters … in cognitive skills are higher than 0.50, indicating that more than half of the inequality can be explained by family …

in general skills. The paper derives a public and a private signal after apprenticeship training and shows that training … firms are able to positively select graduates they keep. The public signal has a stronger impact on entry wages of employer …

This paper reports the effects of training participation on wages and perceived job security for employees of different … by an increase in wages, whereas older employees worries about losing their job are reduced. This observation can also be …