In this paper, we study data on discrete labor market transitions from Austria. In particular, we follow the careers of workers who experience a job displacement due to plant closure and observe - over a period of forty quarters - whether these workers manage to return to a steady career path....

This paper investigates a Dutch data set on vacancy durations and numbers of applicants to inquire employer's search strategies. A non-sequential search process assumes that most vacancies are filled from a pool of applicants, which is formed shortly after the posting of the vacancy. The time...

Utilizando datos de 17 países de Europa y Norteamérica, comparamos las trayectorias profesionales de hombres y mujeres con y sin hijos, de diferentes cohortes y en distintos puntos de su ciclo vital. Existe una amplia variación entre países en lo referente a las brechas de empleo y...