We demonstrate that empirical evidence of employer learning is sensitive to how one defines the career start date and, in turn, measures cumulative work experience. Arcidiacono, Bayer, and Hizmo (2010) find evidence of employer learning for high school graduates but not for college graduates,...

This paper explores potential inefficiencies due to incomplete contracts in a dynamic career concerns context. In a firm--worker relationship, the worker performs tasks that have tradeoffs between productivity and information about the worker's ability. We focus on task choices with no private...

A skill's value depends on dynamic market conditions. To remain marketable, contractors need to keep reskilling themselves continuously. But choosing new skills to learn is an inherently hard task: Contractors have very little information about current and future market conditions, which often...