Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36935 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4965
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Economic conditions at the time of labour market entry can induce wage differentials between workers entering the labour market at different points in time. While the existence and persistence of these entry wage differentials are well documented, little is known about their interaction with employees' mobility behaviour. This paper contributes to this research area by analyzing the interaction between job mobility and entry wage differentials using German administrative data. The results suggest that labour market entrants earning less than the average starting wage are more likely to change jobs, directly from employer to employer as well as indirectly via an unemployment spell. In addition they are more likely to change occupation. Moreover, job mobility tends to reduce the effects of labour market entry conditions, implying that job mobility operates as an adjustment mechanism that mitigates entry wage differentials. These results hold not only for high-skilled, but also for medium-skilled and unskilled workers.
Subjects: 
Mobility
job-to-job
wages
labour market entry
initial conditions
JEL: 
E24
J31
J62
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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