Employment, Hours, and Earnings Consequences of Job Loss: US Evidence from the Displaced Workers Survey

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Farber, Henry S.
• 署名单位: Princeton University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/692353
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: S235-S272
• 关键词: unemployment; audit

摘要

Data are used from the 1984-2016 Displaced Workers Surveys (DWS) to investigate the incidence and consequences of job loss, 1981-2015. These data show a record high rate of job loss in the Great Recession, with serious employment consequences for job losers, including very low rates of re-employment and difficulty finding full-time employment. The average reduction in weekly earnings for job losers making a full-time-full-time transition are relatively small, with a substantial minority reporting earning more on their new job than on the lost job. Most of the cost of job loss comes from difficulty finding new full-time employment.