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Learning, Occupational Choice and Human Capital Accumulation: A Multi-Armed Bandit Approach

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  • Theodore Papageorgiou

    (Penn State University)

  • Rafael Lopes de Melo

    (University of Chicago)

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Our setup follows a large empirical literature that attempts to distinguish between human capital and selection, starting with Abraham and Farber (1987), Altonji and Shakotko (1987), Topel (1990) and later Altonji and Williams (2005) who examine the importance of firm tenure on wages. More recently Kambourov and Manovskii (2009), Gathmann and Schönberg (2010) and Pavan (2011) consider the importance of occupation/industry choice in wage formation. Finally, understanding the importance of human capital and learning in each occupation also contributes to the displacement loss literature (Jacobson et al. (1993)).

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  • Theodore Papageorgiou & Rafael Lopes de Melo, 2014. "Learning, Occupational Choice and Human Capital Accumulation: A Multi-Armed Bandit Approach," 2014 Meeting Papers 1359, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    • Handle: RePEc:red:sed014:1359
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