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Career networks and job matching : evidence on the microeconomic foundations of human capital externalities
Heuermann, Daniel F. - 2009
Inspired by the literature on the importance of local career networks for the quality of labor market matches we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003849357
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An intra-firm perspective on wage profiles and employment of older workers with special reference to human capital and deferred compensation
Pfeifer, Christian - 2009
terms of entry age. A personnel data set is analyzed which reveals that at least for white-collar workers entry age has a … positive effect on entry wages and wage-tenure profiles are adjusted according to entry age. -- Deferred compensation ; human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003802942
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Multiple Glass Ceilings
Russo, Giovanni - 2011
Both vertical (between job levels) and horizontal (within job levels) mobility can be sources of wage growth. We find that the glass ceiling operates at both margins. The unexplained part of the wage gap grows across job levels (glass ceiling at the vertical margin) and across the deciles of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122663
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Career Lotto : Labor Supply in Winner-Take-All Markets
Grove, Wayne A. - 2019
, males would be 23% and females 5% less likely to continue pursuing a professional career, on average. Thus, winner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894561
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Educational Mismatch and Promotions to Managerial Positions : A Test of the Career Mobility Theory
Grunau, Philipp - 2018
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929528
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Career Networks and Job Matching - Evidence on the Microeconomic Foundations of Human Capital Externalities
Heuermann, Daniel F. - 2012
Inspired by the literature on the importance of career networks for the quality of labor market matches we investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012712475
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Training and Search on the Job
Lentz, Rasmus - 2016
The paper studies human capital accumulation over workers' careers in an on the job search setting with heterogenous firms. In renegotiation proof employment con- tracts, more productive firms provide more training. Both general and specific training induce higher wages within jobs, and with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210465
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Why Do Women's Wages Increase So Slowly Throughout Their Career? A Dynamic Model of Statistical Discrimination
Sofer, Catherine - 2010
's career, followed by a larger wage differential; this is partly due to a lower level of human capital investment by women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012717141
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Training and search on the job
Lentz, Rasmus; Roys, Nicolas - 2016
The paper studies human capital accumulation over workers' careers in an on the job search setting with heterogenous firms. In renegotiation proof employment con- tracts, more productive firms provide more training. Both general and specific training induce higher wages within jobs, and with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585846
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Anatomy of lifetime earnings inequality : heterogeneity in job ladder risk vs. human capital
Karahan, Fatih; Ozkan, Serdar; Song, Jae - 2019
We study the determinants of lifetime earnings (LE) inequality in the United States, for which differences in lifetime earnings growth are key. Using administrative data and focusing on the roles of job ladder dynamics and on-the-job learning, we document that 1) lower LE workers change jobs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137632