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How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs’ incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math...
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for both the diffusion of knowledge in the economy and the development of the career and wage profiles of PhDs. Because of …, thus, an urgent need for further research in this field. -- PhDs ; private sector ; career ; wages ; employment …
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elucidate the incentives they operate under, as well as the income and career risks they face, we construct a unique and novel … dataset, which encompasses detailed information on the compensation and career trajectories of managers within US active … elements alter bonuses. Crucially, fund flows, as opposed to fund performance, exert a strong impact on the career outcomes of …
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We use the labor market for doctorates in the biomedical sciences, where career dislocation is common, as a case study …
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This study documents two empirical regularities, using data for Denmark and Portugal. First, workers who are hired last, are the first to leave the firm (Last In, First Out; LIFO). Second, workers' wages rise with seniority (= a worker's tenure relative to the tenure of her colleagues). We seek...
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This paper constructs and estimates a career decision model where individuals search for both career matching and … employer matching to understand wage growth and career mobility using the NLSY79. It departs from previous papers in that … career mobility decisions and participation decisions are explicitly modeled. I find substantial returns to career …
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ongoing debate surrounding the underrepresentation of eastern Germans in top positions in Germany. We examine the career paths …
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wages, and the issue of how the existence of task structures, or career ladders, affect wages becomes paramount. Using data …
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This paper explores five interpretations of “pay for performance”, presents a practical way to measure pay for performance and shows the extent of pay for performance at S&P 1500 companies. The paper argues that pay for performance has three dimensions: the sensitivity of relative pay to...
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We exposit an integrated agency model of multi-period career concerns and labor market equilibrium with managerial …
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