Motivated by the large differences in labor market outcomes across college majors, we
survey the literature on the demand for and return to high school and postsecondary …

This paper develops a unified framework to synthesize the growing stream of positive
research on the role of individual decision makers in sha** observed accounting …

Unlucky young workers entering the labor market in recessions suffer a range of medium-to
long-term consequences. This paper summarizes the findings of the growing empirical …

This paper studies the labor market experiences of white-male college graduates as a
function of economic conditions at time of college graduation. I use the National Longitudinal …

This paper studies the differential persistent effects of initial economic conditions for labor
market entrants in the United States from 1976 to 2015 by education, gender, and race using …

We show that economic conditions when managers enter the labor market have long-run
effects on their career paths and managerial styles. Managers who began their careers …

We measure impacts of entry conditions on labor market outcomes for the US college
graduating classes of 1974–2011. A large recession reduces initial earnings by 10 …

This article investigates gender differences in the job search process in the field and lab. Our
analysis is based on rich information on initial job offers and acceptances from …

Graduate and professional education play an increasingly important role in economic
inequality and elite formation in the United States, but sociologists have not subjected …

We provide evidence of delayed attention and inaction in response to COVID-19 in countries
that did not experience SARS in 2003. Using cross-country data, we find that individuals in …