The effect of cumulative job mobility on early‐career wage development
Does job mobility actually pay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10764917 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey J Yankow (0000-0002-5401-338X, Department of Economics Furman University Greenville South Carolina USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 709-723 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-4941 • E-ISSN: 1540-6237 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ssqu.13161 |
| OpenAlex | W4229006435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
Objective This study attempts to answer the question of whether cumulative job mobility in the early career actually pays. Methods Using a sample of men and women drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, a series of wage models are estimated that account for both the timing and frequency of job changes over the first decade of the working career as well as for complex interactions between job mobility, actual work experience, and job tenure. Results The wage estimates indicate that workers who demonstrate moderate job‐changing in the first 2 years after labor market entry but then taper their mobility thereafter actually raise their log‐wage path above that of either immobile workers or persistent job changers. Conclusion This finding is significant because previous studies have often found a negative relationship between cumulative job mobility and wages, with immobile workers typically earning the highest wages. The results from this study show that a poor job match at the start of the career need not permanently lower a worker's wage profile but can be more than made up for through strategic early‐career job mobility
Career path · Compensating differential · Demographic economics · Economics · Efficiency wage · Job attitude · Job performance · Job satisfaction · Labour economics · Management · National Longitudinal Surveys · Wage · Wage growth · Wage share · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Panel Data and Unobservable Individual Effects
Job Mobility and the Careers of Young Men
Do Wages Rise with Job Seniority?
Job Change Patterns and the Wages of Young Men
Youth Labor Markets in the United States
Job Mobility and Early Career Wage Growth of White, African‐American, and Hispanic Women
Firm-specific Capital and Turnover
Job Matching and the Theory of Turnover
Order from Chaos? The Effects of Early Labor Market Experiences on Adult Labor Market Outcomes
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |