In this article we argue that wage inequality and occupational mobility are intimately related.
We are motivated by our empirical findings that human capital is occupation specific and that …

The progression of occupational careers can be conceptualized as a path-dependent
process, in which former decisions affect the range of occupational alternatives. The …

We identify a key role of factor supply, driven by demographic changes, in shaping several
empirical regularities that are a focus of active research in macro and labor economics. In …

This paper builds on the recent literature on the importance of occupational and industry
experience on wages and extends Kambourov and Manovskii's (2002) study using British …

Human capital is becoming more critical as the global economy becomes more information
intensive and service intensive. Although information systems (IS) researchers have studied …

Research shows that individuals experience a honeymoon-hangover pattern when they
change employers. This study provides further insight into this pattern by comparing the …

In this paper, we study different determinants of the intentions of multi‐dimensional job
mobility and potential consequences on the expected wage, allowing for multiple types of …

This paper develops a two‐sector model of trade in goods and intermediate tasks that differ
in tradability and skill intensity. A skill‐abundant country with high productivity is shown to …

The literature on the returns to training has pointed out that, immediately following a training
episode, wages of participants in employer-sponsored training increase substantially while …

The rapidly growing literature studying the returns to firm-and governmentsponsored training
has made a striking observation. Returns to firm-sponsored training are positive and large …