Job Mobility in Britain: Are the Scots Different? Evidence from the BHPS

Axel Heitmueller

No E02, Working Papers from Department of Economics, School of Management and Languages, Heriot Watt University

Abstract: The Scottish extension-sample of the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) is used to shed light on differences in job mobility patterns in England and Scotland for both men and women. Based on probit estimates of the overall mobility rate, a decomposition is applied to distinguish between explained and unexplained differences. Furthermore, exploiting data on the number of job changes, a zero inflated Poisson model is estimated to provide information on possible differences in the expected number of job changes. Overall, there is evidence that suggests significant differences in mobility patterns south and north of the Borders; however, these are confined to men. Yet, whether this suffices to justify a heterogeneous labour market policy for the two countries remains to be seen

Keywords: Job mobility; Probit decomposition; Zero inflated Poisson Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 J60 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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Journal Article: JOB MOBILITY IN BRITAIN: ARE THE SCOTS DIFFERENT? EVIDENCE FROM THE BHPS (2004)
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