This paper explores the links between individuals' early career experiences and their labor market outcomes 5 to 20 years later using data from France, (western) Germany, and the United States. Relative to most of the literature, we consider a large set of measures of men's early career...

We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984 to 1995 to analyze longitudinal aspects of marginal employment (geringfügige Beschäftigung) in West Germany. After discussing problems of identifying marginal employment spells, we document that marginal employment spell vary...

Erwerbsunterbrechungen führen langfristig zu geringeren Einkommen. Eine einjährige Erwerbspause vermindert das durch die Berufserfahrung erworbene Humankapital um 33 %. Die daraus resultierenden Lohneinbußen hängen jedoch nicht nur von der Dauer, sondern auch vom Timing der Unterbrechung ab.