Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20316 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1081
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We describe the dynamics of second job holding in Britain during the 1990s using panel data from the British Household Panel Survey. Our results show that second job holding is surprisingly persistent over time – about 10% of workers have a second job at any point in time while two thirds of second job holders remain in second jobs for at least two consecutive years. We find that negative financial shocks trigger second job holding, and that second jobs are not a measure to smooth labour supply over time. Heterogeneous main job characteristics are more important than hours constraints in determining second job holding.
Subjects: 
second job
labour supply
BHPS
JEL: 
J6
J2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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