Consequences of job mobility for the subsequent earnings at the beginning of the employment career in Germany and the UK

Abstract

"Using the German Socio-Economic Panel 1984-2006 and British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) this paper investigates job-to-job mobility and job mobility via unemployment at the beginning of the employment career in Germany and UK. The analyses show that, in German rigid labour market, only direct voluntary job mobility brings permanent income rewards. Indirect job mobility, on the other hand, has a long-lasting scar effect not only for involuntary but also for voluntary job movers. In contrast, in UK not only voluntary direct job mobility but also voluntary indirect job mobility is rewarded by income gains." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Schmelzer, P. (2011): Consequences of job mobility for the subsequent earnings at the beginning of the employment career in Germany and the UK. In: Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 131, No. 2, p. 327-337.