Why Do Pensions Reduce Mobility?

Steven Allen, Robert L. Clark and Ann A. McDermed

No 2509, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Previous studies have found that workers who are covered by pensions are much less likely than other workers to leave their jobs, but the evidence on how specific pension characteristics affect turnover is inconclusive. This paper examines how mobility is affected by vesting standards, the compensation level, and the capital loss of pension wealth for job changers. In two different data sets, we find that the capital loss is strongly associated with lower turnover rates, whereas vesting and the compensation level have relatively little impact. Large capital losses are mainly associated with lower layoff rates rather than lower quit rates.

Date: 1988-02
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Published as Dennis, Barbara D. (ed.) Proceedings of the Fortieth Annual Meeting, Industrial Relations Research Association 1987. Industrial Relations Research, 1988.

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