Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130321 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9631
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Multiple job holding rates differ substantially across U.S. regions, states, and metropolitan areas. Rates decrease markedly with respect to labor market size. These patterns have been largely overlooked, despite being relatively fixed over (at least) the 1998-2014 period. This paper explores explanations for these persistent differences. We account for over half of the mean absolute deviation in multiple job holding across local labor markets (MSAs). Most important in explaining variation in multiple job holding are worker characteristics, commute times, MSA ancestry shares, and, to a lesser extent, labor market churn. City size accounts for little of the variation once we condition on commute times.
Subjects: 
multiple job holding
local labor markets
city size and regional differences
commuting costs
JEL: 
J21
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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