“...The employment to population rate of high school–aged youth has fallen by about 20 percentage points since the late 1980s. One potential explanation is...”

“...Using a rich personnel data set of a large European university we find strong evidence for the existence of an internal labor market. First, there is a strong...”

“...Despite the importance of expectations in models of decision behavior under uncertainty, few empirical economists have made use of subjective expectations data...”

“...An extensive theoretical literature investigates the role of promotions as a signal of worker ability. We extend the theory by focusing on how the signaling...”

“...This article explores the consequences of sabotage for the design of incentive contracts. The possibility of sabotage gives rise to a dynamic concern, similar...”

“...We assess the strength of information spillovers relating unemployment duration of workers displaced by firm closures to their former colleagues’ current...”

“...The option to obtain a General Educational Development (GED) certificate changes the incentives facing high school students. This article evaluates the effect...”

“...This article proposes a new approach to modeling heterogeneous human capital using task data from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. The key feature of the...”

“...We study the effects of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program Progresa on school enrollment and performance in passing grades. We develop a theoretical...”