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 mobility between more or less complex jobs in an highly...

The standard Mincer model does not account for large differences in earnings across occupations. We present a learning-by-doing model that relates wages and skill development to the level of job complexity of a worker. Using administrative data on German labour market entrants, we find that wage...