Job Tenure and Job Mobility in Britain

Bibliographic Data

ID3217898
AuthorsAlison L Booth (0000-0003-2237-5279), Marco Francesconi (0000-0003-4761-7051), Carlos García-Serrano, Carlos García Serrano (0000-0002-5143-8278)
Year1999
Volume53
Issue1
Pages43-70
Publication date1999-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979399905300103
OpenAlexW2064234769
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited38

Using work-history data from the British Household Panel Survey, the authors examine job mobility and job tenure over the period 1915-90. British men and women held an average of five jobs over the course of their work lives, and half of all lifetime job changes occurred in the first ten years. Separation hazards were higher for more recent cohorts, implying an increase in job instability. As jobs accumulated, average tenure lengthened, but the proportion of involuntary separations increased. For both men and women, the rise in job instability was particularly marked in the lowest occupational classification. In general, job insecurity was greater for men than women

British Household Panel Survey · Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Job loss · Labor mobility · Labour economics · Occupational mobility · Panel survey · Unemployment · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies