Salary caps for public-sector workers are a popular policy in many countries. While these caps can contribute to fiscal savings, many argue that they also undermine the efficiency of public-sector organizations by driving talented workers away.
How does access to public childcare shape the career trajectories of parents? And, what is the active ingredient behind the long-term impacts of childcare programs on children’s labor market outcomes?
Most adolescents in Switzerland face one of the most consequential decisions of their educational pathway at the early age of 14: choosing an apprenticeship from around 200 options, from baker to information technologist. In our new study, we show that non-cognitive skills of their classmates play an important role in this choice.
When workers change occupations, what makes firms willing to hire them? Most research on occupational mobility looks at it from the perspective of workers: who switches occupations and why. Less is known about how firms evaluate candidates from other occupations.
The gender pay gap is often attributed to broad differences in education, experience, or career choices. However, even when men and women hold the same positions within the same firm, a pay gap often persists. Our recent study identifies a critical, yet often overlooked driver of this inequality: the specific rules governing wage bargaining.
Organizations and researchers have rightly examined the roles of gender and race in career disparities within elite occupations. But there is a glaring omission: class. Why? There is a common assumption that once someone attends an elite college or receives an elite job, the effects of class are effectively “washed out” and cease to matter. We challenge this assumption in our recent paper.
