Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/65999 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2011-25
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
We use data from the Labour Force Survey to show that employed and unemployed job seekers in Great Britain originate from different occupations and find jobs in different occupations. We find substantial differences in occupational mobility between job seekers: employed job seekers are most likely to move to occupations paying higher average wages relative to their previous occupation, while unemployed job seekers are most likely to move to lower paying occupations. Employed and unemployed job seekers exhibit different patterns of occupational mobility and, therefore, do not accept the same types of jobs.
Subjects: 
on-the-job search
unemployment
occupations
JEL: 
J01
J20
J29
J62
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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