Understanding the Outcomes of Older Job Losers

Matthew Brzozowski and Thomas Crossley ()

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: We use an unusually rich Canadian survey to examine how post-job-loss behaviour and outcomes vary with age of the job loser. We find that older job losers experience greater postdisplacement joblessness, and are less likely to return quickly to satisfactory employment. We show that this apparent age effect is not a job tenure effect or wealth effect. We also find that older job losers, compared to mid-career job losers, are as likely to report searching for work, but that they search less intensely (reporting fewer hours of search, and lower out of pocket expenditures on search). They are also less likely to retrain, less likely to undertake a geographic move, and less likely to switch occupations. Thus, the data suggest older job losers are less likely to make career investments after job loss. This may be a rational response to a shorter time horizon, or to more limited labour market opportunities.

Keywords: job loss; job search; older workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2010-05
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