Earnings Losses and Labor Mobility over the Lifecycle

Philip Jung () and Moritz Kuhn

No 6835, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Extensive literature demonstrates that workers with high tenure suffer large and persistent earnings losses when they are displaced. We study the reasons behind these losses in a tractable search model that includes a lifecycle dimension, endogenous job mobility, and worker- and match-heterogeneity. The model jointly explains key characteristics of the U.S. labor market such as large average transition rates, a large share of stable jobs, and earnings losses after displacement. We decompose earnings losses and find that only 50% result from wage loss, and endogenous reactions and selection account for the remainder. These findings have important implications for welfare costs of displacement and labor market policies.

Keywords: labor-market transitions; lifecycle; earnings losses; turbulence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J63 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2012-09
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Published - published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17 (3), 678–724

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