Human capital and career success Evidence from linked employer-employee data

• Published in: The Economic journal (London) Vol. 128; no. 613; pp. 1952 - 1982
• Main Authors: Frederiksen, Anders, Kato, Takao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.08.2018; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Arbeitnehmer; Ausbildung; Berufliche Mobilität; Berufserfahrung; Berufserfolg; Berufsverlauf; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsertrag; Bildungsniveau; Careers; Dänemark; Economic theory; Erziehung; Führungskraft; Gleichberechtigung; Human capital; Human resource management; Humankapital; Leadership; Recruitment; Success; Top management; Unternehmen; Denmark

Using Danish registry data covering the population of Danish workers, we provide new and robust evidence with external validity on the importance of the breadth of human capital for top management appointments, and support/enrich the human capital theory of corporate leadership by Gibbons and Waldma...