Has job stability declined yet? New evidence for the 1990s

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Neumark, D; Polsky, D; Hansen, D
• 署名单位: Michigan State University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Pennsylvania
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/209942
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: S29-S64
• 关键词: united-states-economy; lifetime jobs; us economy

摘要

We update the evidence on changes in job stability through the mid-1990s, using recently released Current Population Survey data for 1995 that parallel earlier job tenure supplements. In the aggregate, job stability declined modestly in the first half of the 1990s. Moreover, the relatively small aggregate changes mask rather sharp declines in stability for workers with more than a few years of tenure. Nonetheless, the data available to this point do not support the conclusion that the downward shift in job stability for more tenured workers, and the more modest decline in aggregate job stability, reflect long-term trends.