ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
Firms and Careers: How the Workplace Structures Career Inequality
Over the past decades, economic inequality has increased in most societies, threatening social cohesion and limiting opportunities for many. Recent studies highlight the workplace—or firm—as a core arena where this inequality is generated. However, our understanding of the mechanisms by which firms affect inequality remains limited. Moreover, research that examines this relationship compares workers at one point in time, neglecting how firms shape careers. FIRMS addresses these critical gaps. It moves beyond snapshot comparisons of inequality and is the first to take a dynamic perspective: how do workplaces shape careers and move individuals up and down the wage and job ladder? By…
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