The unequal consequences of job loss across countries

Edoardo Acabbi, Cristina Barcelo, Antoine Bertheau, Andreas Gulyas, Stefano Lombardi and Raffaele Saggio
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Edoardo Acabbi: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid,, Postal: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid,, Spain
Cristina Barcelo: Banco de España, Postal: Banco de España, Spain
Raffaele Saggio: University of British Columbia, Postal: University of British Columbia

No 2022:10, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: We document the consequences of losing a job across countries using a harmonized research design applied to seven matched employer-employee datasets. Workers in Denmark and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal experience losses three times as high. French and Austrian workers face earnings losses somewhere in between. Key to these differences is that Southern European workers are less likely to find employment following displacement. Loss of employer specific wage premiums explains a substantial portion of wage losses in all countries.

Keywords: Job loss Effects; Wage dynamics; Labor turnover; Mass Layoffs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J30 J63 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63 pages
Date: 2022-05-18
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