sibling correlations in skills, schooling, and earnings across fine-grained groups defined by parental socioeconomic status … (SES). We find that sibling correlations generally decline in parental SES. This pattern holds for skills, schooling, and …

We examine the direct impact of idiosyncratic match quality on entry wages and job mobility using unique data on worker … talents matched to job-indicators and individual wages. Tenured workers are clustered in jobs with high job-specific returns … entry wages but a larger impact on separations and future wage growth if matches are formed under limited information …

This paper analyzes the effect of educational mismatch on wages, using a rich panel dataset of workers in the major …, we find that the wages of people aged under 35 basically depend on the level of education attained, while those of … the depreciation of skills on human capital. The main policy implication of the paper is that overeducation constitutes a …

longer first-job durations but not higher wages than apprentices leaving the training firm. Retention rates, first job … durations, and post-apprenticeship wages are all increasing functions of training intensity. Some implications for the ongoing …

establishment growth, vacancy filling and entry wages, we calibrate a model with directed search and ex-ante heterogeneous workers … response of vacancy filling to firm-level wages. We discuss the implications of this finding as well as potential resolutions. …