A natural experiment in an economics field journal afforded time-series observations on payments to referees for on-time reviews. The natural experiment yielded 15 months’ worth of data with no payments and about two subsequent years of data with payments. Using refereeand manuscript-specific...

This paper studies career mobility of white male doctorates in natural sciences and engineering using the Survey of Doctorate Recipients (1973-2001). The paper focuses on two issues. First, it assesses the relevance of doctoral careers to sciences and engineering (S&E) in general, and research...

"This paper investigates how founders' experience and professional background affect the duration of periods of self-employment, and to what extent the duration is affected by a balanced skill set in particular. In this context, an occupational choice framework based on a competing risk setting...

"This paper investigates how founders' experience and professional background affect the duration of periods of self-employment, and to what extent the duration is affected by a balanced skill set in particular. In this context, an occupational choice framework based on a competing risk setting...

The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Using German register data - the IAB Employment Sample - we find that apprentices staying with their training firm after graduation have longer first-job durations but not higher wages than...

The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Our paper contributes to the ongoing debate as to why firms are willing to invest in such training even though many apprentices will leave the training firm soon after completion of the...

Dans la plupart des modèles de recherche, Le taux d'actualisation est un facteur important conditionnant la prise de décisions telles que le choix du salaire de réserve ou l'intensité de la recherche d’emploi. Les individus ayant une forte préférence pour le présent ne cherchent pas...

We propose a simple test of hyperbolic versus exponential preferences in a job search model. More impatient workers search less intensively but also accept lower wages. If agents have hyperbolic preferences, the search effect dominates, so increases in impatience lead to lower exit rates from...

Le taux de préférence pour le présent est un facteur important qui conditionne la durée des épisodes de chômage. Les transitions du chômage sont analysées par l’estimation d’un modèle à hasard proportionnel à temps discret avec trois sorties à risques concurrents : contrat à...

How does impatience affect job search? More impatient workers search less intensively and set a lower reservation wage. The effect on the exit rate from unemployment is unclear. In this paper we show that, if agents have exponential time preferences, the reservation wage effect dominates for...