Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227220 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13693
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We create a measure of multiple jobholding from the U.S. Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data. This new series shows that 7.8 percent of persons in the U.S. are multiple jobholders, this percentage is pro-cyclical, and has been trending upward during the past twenty years. The data also show that earnings from secondary jobs are, on average, 27.8 percent of a multiple jobholder's total quarterly earnings. Multiple jobholding occurs at all levels of earnings, with both higher- and lower-earnings multiple jobholders earning more than 25 percent of their total earnings from multiple jobs. These new statistics tell us that multiple jobholding is more important in the U.S. economy than we knew.
Subjects: 
multiple jobholding
earnings
LEHD
JEL: 
J2
J3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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