Cognizant of the persistent concerns about the lack of alignment of skills and education with industry and occupation needs, this paper investigates returns to professional licenses alongside education-occupation matching. It also analyzes the effects of individual and higher education...

Using linked employer-employee data on labor market biographies of workers in Germany, this paper analyzes where valuable work experience is primarily acquired. It distinguishes between learning effects related to firm size and labor market size. We show that wages increase with the size of the...

We conduct a large-scale experiment in the labor market using more than 8,000 fictitious resumes to uncover the demand-side mechanisms behind the wage penalty for the self- employed. We find that self-employed individuals, compared to wage earners, are subject to adverse treatment across...

Cognizant of the persistent concerns about the lack of alignment of skills and education with industry and occupation needs, this paper investigates returns to professional licenses alongside education-occupation matching. It also analyzes the effects of individual and higher education...