Trends in job instability and wages for young adult men

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Bernhardt, A; Morris, M; Handcock, MS; Scott, MA
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/209943
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: S65-S90
• 关键词: UNITED-STATES; STABILITY; mobility; outcomes; models

摘要

Data and measurement problems have complicated the debate over trends in job instability in the United States. We compare two cohorts of young white men from the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS), construct a rigorous measure of job change, and confirm earlier findings of a significant increase in job instability. We then benchmark the NLS against other main data sets in the field and conduct a thorough attrition analysis. Extending the analysis to wages, we find that the wage returns to job changing have both declined and become more unequal for young adults, mirroring trends in their long-term wage growth.