Cashier or Consultant? Entry Labor Market Conditions, Field of Study, and Career Success
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- Joseph G. Altonji & Lisa B. Kahn & Jamin D. Speer, 2013. "Cashier or Consultant? Entry Labor Market Conditions, Field of Study, and Career Success," NBER Chapters, in: Labor Markets in the Aftermath of the Great Recession, pages 361-401, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Joseph G. Altonji & Lisa B. Kahn & Jamin D. Speer, 2016. "Cashier or Consultant? Entry Labor Market Conditions, Field of Study, and Career Success," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 34(S1), pages 361-401.
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JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2014-12-13 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2014-12-13 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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