Inspired by the literature on the importance of local career networks for the quality of labor market matches we …

growth in the variance of residual wages over the first ten years of the worker's career are also the occupations with high …

starting wages than women, while the results concerning gender differences in the returns to career progression are not … clearcut, but depend on the type of career event and on the career phase. Overall, our results helps to understand the factors … behind the large increase in the gender wage gap during the early career observed in the earlier literature. -- careers …

investment ; on-the-job-training ; career ; long-term ; linked employer-employee data …

study the underlying mechanisms of the wage premium, paying particular attention to the relationship between career stage … and fertility timing. We find that delaying parenthood by one additional year during the career implies a wage premium of … 7%. -- Fertility ; Wage Differentials ; Career Path …