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...

In Deutschland existieren Beschäftigungsfelder für Migrierte, die sich von regulärer, berufsförmiger Arbeit unterscheiden. Diese spezifisch migrantisch geprägten Arbeitsbereiche werden in dieser explorativ angelegten, qualitativen Studie als Ankunftsarbeit bezeichnet. Wie Migrierte ihre...

In recent years, many FinTech start-up firms have poured into the FinTech landscape. Since FinTech leaders (including founders and chief executive officers (CEOs)) have a major impact on the performance of their respective firms, research studies on FinTech leaders are indispensable. This paper...

"In Deutschland existieren Beschäftigungsfelder für Migrierte, die sich von regulärer, berufsförmiger Arbeit unterscheiden. Diese spezifisch migrantisch geprägten Arbeitsbereiche werden in dieser explorativ angelegten, qualitativen Studie als Ankunftsarbeit bezeichnet. Wie Migrierte ihre...

Mit der Weiterentwicklung des tertiären Bildungsbereichs und den neu eingeführten Abschlüssen "Bachelor Professional" und "Master Professional" kommen sowohl auf das akademische als auch auf das berufliche Bildungssystem neue Anforderungen zu. Zentral ist die Frage der wechselseitigen...

I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my investigation. Empirically, older entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs who have previously worked in high-wage...

In this paper, we examine how CEOs with government work experience (GWE) affect firms’ regulatory violations. We find firms that have CEOs with GWE are less likely to have regulatory violations. We adopt both an instrumental variable and a difference-in-differences approach to address the...

I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my investigation. Empirically, older entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs who have previously worked in high-wage...

Mit der Weiterentwicklung des tertiären Bildungsbereichs und den neu eingeführten Abschlüssen "Bachelor Professional" und "Master Professional" kommen sowohl auf das akademische als auch auf das berufliche Bildungssystem neue Anforderungen zu. Zentral ist die Frage der wechselseitigen...

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 study the causal effect of different early career occupational experiences on labor market outcomes. To do so, we pair over two decades of administrative tax data with internal personnel records from one of the largest employers of young adults in the United States: the US Army. Enlistees...

In extant work, two arguments have emerged on the relationship between founders’ experience and startup survival. First, founders’ diverse experiences should foster startup survival because the combination of various experience-based knowledge components drives the needed innovation. Second,...

This paper investigates whether work experience gained through a subsidized job program can improve the employment prospects of young school dropouts. Relying on a correspondence study field experiment conducted in France, we find that the chances to be invited for a job interview are more than...

This study was conducted to find out and analyze how the influence of work experience, competence, and work motivation variables on employee performance in undergraduate and D3 students of the 2019 FE UNJ Office Administration Study Program. This study uses quantitative methods with descriptive...

Exporters differ markedly in export-market performance. We document that this heterogeneity is not strongly reflected in workforce education or occupations but closely relates to the presence of a few workers with prior export experience. We employ a novel identification strategy to isolate how...

Many societies report an increasingly divergent development of managers’ salaries compared to that of their workforce. Moreover, there is often a lack in diversity amongst managerial boards. We investigate the role of managers’ gender and incentive scheme on wages chosen for workers by...

Work experience is a key variable in earnings function estimates and wage gap decompositions. Because data on actual work experience are rare, studies commonly use proxies, such as potential experience. But potential experience is identical for all individuals of the same age and level of...

We ask whether CFO's managerial skills affect corporate tax avoidance using a sample of Chinese-listed companies. To that end, we develop a CFO managerial skills index based on four dimensions of the CFO's work experience: (1) the number of current positions a CFO holds, (2) the number of...

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we show that returns to wage growth of work experience for mothers are lower than those women with no child even when controlling for accumulated work experience and tenure. This is not fully explained by self-selection into...

Many societies report an increasingly divergent development of managers’ salaries compared to that of their workforce. Moreover, there is often a lack in diversity amongst managerial boards. We investigate the role of managers’ gender and incentive scheme on wages chosen for workers by...

We assess the labor market experiences of military veterans, focusing on three major outcomes, among others, controlling for a wide array of demographic characteristics and industry and occupational fixed effects. First, we find that male and female veterans receive civilian earnings nearly...