Long-Term Wage Fluctuations with Industry-Specific Human Capital

Bruce Weinberg

Journal of Labor Economics, 2001, vol. 19, issue 1, 231-64

Abstract: Exploiting long term interindustry demand shifts, this article provides evidence that (1) industry-level wages do not respond to industry demand conditions; (2) at the industry level, the employment of young workers responds more to demand shifts than does the employment of experienced workers; and (3) the postdisplacement wages of displaced workers are strongly affected by demand in their predisplacement industries. These findings are consistent with a model in which worker's investments in industry-specific skills pose a barrier to interindustry labor mobility and wages do not respond to spot labor market conditions. Copyright 2001 by University of Chicago Press.

Date: 2001
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