Does over-education assist or hinder occupational advancement? Career mobility theory hypothesizes that over-education leads to a higher level of occupational advancement and wage growth over time, with mixed international empirical evidence. This paper re-tests career mobility theory directly...

Gliederung: I. Einleitung: Arbeitsmarktübergänge als wissenschaftliches und theoretisches Problemfeld. - II. Arbeitsmarktübergänge, Wohlfahrtsstaat, Übergangsarbeitsmärkte und Beschäftigungssysteme. - III. Indikatoren zur Erfassung von Übergangsdynamiken (1. Stromindikatoren. - 2. Die...

Does over-education assist or hinder occupational advancement? Career mobility theory hypothesizes that over-education leads to a higher level of occupational advancement and wage growth over time, with mixed international empirical evidence. This paper re-tests career mobility theory directly...

Labor market institutions shape the return to workers’ skills. They define the incentives of firms and workers to invest in general and specific skills, affecting the returns to experience and tenure. This paper presents an empirical assessment of this hypothesis. We take advantage of rich...