A New Measure of Multiple Jobholding in the U.S. Economy

Keith A. Bailey () and James Spletzer
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Keith A. Bailey: U.S. Census Bureau

No 13693, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We create a measure of multiple jobholding from the U.S. Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data. This new series shows that 7.8 percent of persons in the U.S. are multiple jobholders, this percentage is pro-cyclical, and has been trending upward during the past twenty years. The data also show that earnings from secondary jobs are, on average, 27.8 percent of a multiple jobholder's total quarterly earnings. Multiple jobholding occurs at all levels of earnings, with both higher- and lower-earnings multiple jobholders earning more than 25 percent of their total earnings from multiple jobs. These new statistics tell us that multiple jobholding is more important in the U.S. economy than we knew.

Keywords: multiple jobholding; earnings; LEHD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J2 J3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2020-09
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Published - published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 71, 102009

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