Determinants of current job tenure: a cross country comparison

Karen Mumford () and Peter Smith

Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2003, vol. 6, issue 3, 435-451

Abstract: We consider differences in individual job tenure between Australia and Britain using linked data on employees and their workplaces. This linkage enables us to distinguish between the impact of demographic, education, job characteristics, occupation and work environment for the individual, as well as of the workplace in which they work. Whilst the various individual characteristics are, as a group, found to be essentially uncorrelated with the workplace effect, this is not true for women, part-time or non-white employees. We find that the lower tenure rates associated with membership of these groups is also captured by workplace effects suggesting some degree of labour market segmentation, especially so in Britain.

Keywords: Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs (includes separations, hires, redundancy, job tenure, displaced workers); Discrimination; Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J20 J63 J70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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