Inspired by the literature on the importance of local career networks for the quality of labor market matches we …

. Rather we observe that employers use career ladders to protect one-sided investments against opportunistic bargaining. In …-the-job training itself on subsequent job mobility, career ladders and wage growth. …

Does over-education assist or hinder occupational advancement? Career mobility theory hypothesizes that over …. This paper re-tests career mobility theory directly using a rich Australian longitudinal data set. A dynamic random effects …, both of which are important to over-education analysis. Contrary to career theory, the results point to job mismatch as an …

occupations at a young age do not predict their lifetime earnings well. When educational attainment and gender are considered, we …

Career mobility theory suggests that given a certain occupation, schooling improves upward mobility in terms of … promoted and that this career mobility advantage is more pronounced in the early stages of their working lives. By contrast …. Altogether, these findings strongly support the career mobility theory. Furthermore, by differentiating between internal and …

Inspired by the literature on the importance of career networks for the quality of labor market matches we investigate …