similarity. I find that the mean smallest number of dimensions in real data is one standard deviation smaller than in randomly …

that this provides an upper bound estimate of the contribution of changes in work experience and other post …

We address the bias from using potential vs. actual experience in earnings models. Statistical tests reject the …. We correct for this by modeling actual experience as a stochastic regressor and predicting experience using the NLSY79 … and the PSID. Predicted experience measures are applied to the IPUMS. Our results suggest that potential experience biases …

generations of individuals, and endogenous education decisions. Human capital is made of two substitutable components, experience …

In this paper, we estimate tenure-performance profiles using unique panel data that contain detailed information on … individual workers' performance. We find that a 10 per cent increase in tenure leads to an increase in performance of 5.5 per … cent of a standard deviation. This translates to an average performance increase of about 75 per cent within the first year …

What are the sources of wage growth in developing countries? In the US, general labor market experience is the key … is 24 to 29%, which is higher than the return to experience. Furthermore, we estimate a 35% return to ten years of tenure …

generations of individuals, and endogenous education decisions. Human capital is made of two substitutable components, experience …

experience and technology adoption and the effect of technological change on the returns to experience. Estimates indicate that … technological change is an important explanation for changes in experience premia. We find a complementarity between existing human …

We provide empirical support for the contention that within-job wage growth relates purely to job-specific performance … and that returns to general experience are assessed at the point of job change. Using the British New Earnings Survey …