Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21466 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 773
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The Scottish extension-sample of the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) is used to shed light on differences in job mobility patterns in England and Scotland for both men and women. Based on probit estimates of the overall mobility rate, a decomposition is applied to distinguish between explained and unexplained differences. Furthermore, exploiting data on the number of job changes, a zero inflated Poisson model is estimated to provide information on possible differences in the expected number of job changes. Overall, there is evidence that suggests significant differences in mobility patterns south and north of the Borders; however, these are confined to men. Yet, whether this suffices to justify a heterogeneous labour market policy for the two countries remains to be seen.
Subjects: 
job mobility
probit decomposition
zero inflated Poisson model
JEL: 
C25
J62
J60
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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