We study the long-run effects of initial labor market conditions on wages for a large sample of male individuals … entering the Austrian labor market between 1978 and 2000. We find a robust negative effect of unfavorable entry conditions on … on lifetime earnings result. We also show that initial labor market conditions have smaller and less persistent effects …

unemployment rate and the actual unemployment rate in the country, which is a meaningful indicator of their misperception of labor … theory, which has so far focused on labor market frictions in general and not specifically on information asymmetries. Using … model includes: controls for the worker's ability; country-specific fixed effects; the unemployment rate in the region of …

This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet …. In the labor market, migrants cannot compensate for their educational disadvantage and have poorer labor market outcomes … successful labor market integration in the long run. …

predominantly on gender gaps of employed workers. I consider a broad range of labor market outcomes, and disentangle the factors … driving the labor market gaps of unemployed men and women. I show that unemployed women perform worse on the labor market due … to earlier choices in occupations, their labor force attachment, and working time. By contrast, regional labor market …

Social networks, or “job-referral” networks, can help make labor markets become more efficient. Outside the firm, they …, productive, and profitable. In aggregate, referral networks help “grease the wheels” of a labor market that can be beset by a …