Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282809 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16682
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
I present four facts about occupational mobility: (1) most movements occur within firms, (2) downward moves are frequent, (3) wage growth reflects the direction and distance of mobility, and (4) relative occupational wages before mobility predict the direction of mobility, except for non-displaced movers between firms. I show these facts are consistent with models of vertical sorting. I show that non-displaced movements between firms obscure the positive selection of upward occupational movers, likely reflecting moves up a firm-wage job ladder. Displaced workers show similar predisplacement selection to internal movers, with pre-displacement occupational wage rank predicting the direction of occupational mobility.
Subjects: 
job mobility
job ladders
displaced workers
JEL: 
J31
J62
J63
M51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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