This paper models the role of the labor market in the transmission and acquisition of skills and knowledge, based on the hypothesis that indivduals learn from their working experiences. The problem is cast in terms of an implicit market for learning opportunities that is dual to the market for...

We use a unique new data set that combines data on individual workers and their employers to estimate marginal productivity differentials among different types of workers. We then compare these to estimated relative wages, leading to new evidence on ...

A matched sample of Social Security and Current Population Survey records is used to examine life-cycle earnings patterns of white males over the 1951-1976 period. Estimated direct effects of schooling and experience compare well with other studies, but interaction effects with cohort do not....