The Consequences of Job Mobility for Future Earnings in Early Working Life in Germany--Placing Indirect and Direct Job Mobility into Institutional Context

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ID2235486
AuthorsPaul Schmelzer (Federal Employment Agency, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume28
Issue1
Pages82-95
Publication date2012-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0266-7215 • E-ISSN: 1468-2672
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/esr/jcq049
OpenAlexW2072132385
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited31

This article investigates direct job mobility and job mobility via unemployment at the beginning of the employment career in Germany. While the rationale of predicting outcomes of direct job mobility are similar in liberal countries, Germany’s rigid labour market might have different implications for job mobility via unemployment. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel 1984–2006, we will address the following two questions. First, we will investigate the gains/losses for direct job mobility and mobility through unemployment. Here we are especially interested in whether job mobility via unemployment has long-lasting consequences on future earnings. Second, we will address the question of whether income development for direct and indirect job mobility is dependent on the reasons behind the job termination. The analyses show that, in a rigid labour market, only direct voluntary job mobility brings permanent income rewards. Indirect job mobility, on the other hand, has a long-lasting scar effect not only for involuntary but also for voluntary job movers.

Business · Context (archaeology) · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Sociology · Accounting · Employment and Welfare Studies · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social and Demographic Issues in Germany

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