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Title: Occupational Matching: A Test of Sorts
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McCall, Brian P. |
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Occupational Matching: A Test of Sorts Journal of Political Economy 98,1 (February 1990): 45-69. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2937641 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Keyword(s): Job Search; Job Tenure; Job Turnover; Occupations; Quits A theory of job matching is developed in which matching information has job- specific and occupation-specific components. If occupational matching is significant, the theory predicts that, for those who have switched jobs but stayed in the same occupation, increased tenure in the previous job lowers the likelihood of separation from the current job. These predictions were tested using data from the NLSY; this panel data set follows 12,686 youths, aged 14 to 22 years in 1979, over the period 1979-1985. Using a proportional hazards approach, it was found that, in general, tenure in the previous job had a significantly negative impact on the separation rate from the current job. However, for those who had switched occupations between jobs, the magnitude of this effect was significantly less. Similar results were obtained when job quits were analyzed separately using a competing risks approach. [ABI/INFORM] |
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McCall, Brian P. "Occupational Matching: A Test of Sorts." Journal of Political Economy 98,1 (February 1990): 45-69.
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