process in which unmeasured variables jointly affect initial conditions and subsequent growth. …

This paper investigates the sources of wage growth over the life cycle, where individuals have the possibility to … acquire vocational training at the start of their career. Wage growth is determined by sectoral and firm mobility, unobserved … key driver of early wage growth while CA skills become important later on. Moreover, job amenities are an important …

process in which unmeasured variables jointly affect initial conditions and subsequent growth …

relationship between initial earnings and earnings growth rates: the good fit between data and theory suggests that variation in … growth of post-1965 U.S. immigrants. When both functional-form and sample-selection constraints are lifted, a dramatically …

immigrant men following the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act have low initial earnings and high earnings growth. Another … asserts that post-1965 immigrants have low initial earnings and low earnings growth. We describe the methodological issues … that create this divide and show that low earnings growth becomes high earnings growth when immigrants are followed from …

inverse relationship between initial earnings and earnings growth rates: the good fit between data and theory suggests that … earnings growth of post-1965 U.S. immigrants. When both functional-form and sample-selection constraints are lifted, a …