Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35793 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4216
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyses job separations in Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel spanning from 1984 to 2003. Based on detailed reasons for job separation and different SOEP samples, the paper attempts to establish the nature of job separations in Germany. It brings to light some patterns of separations that have hitherto been unexplored. The findings of the study suggest, among others, that minority group status is important in characterising job separations, particularly in the event of exogenous shocks. Targeting minorities in the face of a major shock of the sort experienced in Germany might be a policy option.
Subjects: 
Job separations
job turnover
economics of minorities
JEL: 
J6
J15
C35
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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