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We explore the impact on depressive symptoms of deviation in actual labor force behavior at age 62 from earlier … less than 62 years of age at the 1992 HRS baseline, and who had reached age 62 by our study endpoint, enabling comparison … expected full-time work status on depressive symptoms; regressions are estimated separately for those working fulltime at age …
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information on each individual's complete career history (their tenure status at each date, in some cases as far back as 1890 …
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Time preference is a key determinant of occupational choice and investments in human capital. Since careers are characterized by different wage growth prospects, individual discount rates play an important role in the relative valuation of jobs or occupations. We predict that individuals with...
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education and labor market outcomes. We correlate an incentivized measure of competitiveness with an important career choice of … secondary school students in the Netherlands. At the age of 15, these students have to pick one out of four study profiles …
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This paper analyzes the career progression of skilled and unskilled workers, with a focus on how careers are affected …. Using detailed administrative data for Germany for numerous birth cohorts across different regions, we follow workers from …
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We show that economic conditions when managers enter the labor market have long-run effects on their career paths and …
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Two main career paths are prevalent among politicians in modern democracies: there are career politicians (i … with respect to their market ability and political skills. Our analysis provides an explanation for the existence of career … politicians, decreases turnover in office, and may either decrease or increase the average quality of career politicians …
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Researchers from economics, sociology, psychology, and other disciplines have studied the persistent under-representation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This chapter summarizes this research. We argue that women's under-representation is concentrated in the...
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men's educational or family outcomes. The results are quite different for women: we find effects on both career and family …
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change especially quickly over time, leading to flatter age-earnings profiles as the skills of older cohorts became obsolete …
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