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Title: The Wage Effects of Voluntary Labor Mobility With and Without Intervening Unemployment
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Antel, John J. |
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The Wage Effects of Voluntary Labor Mobility With and Without Intervening Unemployment Industrial and Labor Relations Review 44,2 (January 1991): 299-306. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2524810 Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University Keyword(s): Mobility; Unemployment; Wage Effects Although theory generally suggests that voluntary job change should improve wages, the literature offers contradictory predictions concerning the effect of an intervening unemployment spell on mobility wage gains. One hypothesis holds that the search and mobility costs associated with unemployment between jobs are compensated for by increased wage gains resulting from more intensive job search. Opposing hypotheses suggest that unemployed job changers are at a disadvantage because they have fewer job contacts than job changers who move directly from one job to another or because they are unable to gain new skills or develop good work habits while unemployed. An analysis of 1979-1981 data from the NLS of Young Men supports the first hypothesis: an unemployment spell between jobs is associated with wage gains higher than those obtained when the job change was made with no intervening unemployment. [ABI/INFORM] |
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Antel, John J. "The Wage Effects of Voluntary Labor Mobility With and Without Intervening Unemployment." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 44,2 (January 1991): 299-306.
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