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Mortality, Mass-Layoffs, and Career Outcomes : An Analysis Using Administrative Data
Sullivan, Daniel G. - 2010
our data -- covering over 15 years of earnings -- to analyze the correlation of long-run career outcomes, such as the mean …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759666
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How Does the Market Use Citation Data? The Hirsch Index in Economics
Ellison, Glenn - 2010
A large literature following Hirsch (2005) has proposed citation-based indexes that could be used to rank academics. This paper examines how well several such indexes match labor market outcomes using data on the citation records of young tenured economists at 25 U.S. departments. Variants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137591
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Employer-to-Employer Flows in the United States : Estimates Using Linked Employer-Employee Data
Bjelland, Melissa - 2008
We use administrative data linking workers and firms to study employer-to-employer flows. After discussing how to identify such flows in quarterly data, we investigate their basic empirical patterns. We find that the pace of employer-to-employer flows is high, representing about 4 percent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772370
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Transitions from Career Employment Among Public- and Private-Sector Workers
Quinn, Joseph F. - 2018
-sector workers transition from career employment to complete labor force withdrawal, with a focus on the role of bridge employment … data on four cohorts of private- and public-sector career older workers from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Our … findings suggest that the prevalence of work after leaving career employment among public-sector workers resembles that of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911493
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The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession : Hysteresis and Heterogeneity in the Market for College Graduates
Oreopoulos, Philip - 2010
careers and low costs of recessions for both more and less advantaged workers. In contrast, a vast range of alternative career … university-employer-employee data from 1982 to 1999, and uses its results to assess the importance of alternative career models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760417
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Career Technical Education and Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from California Community Colleges
Stevens, Ann Huff - 2015
Career technical education (CTE) programs at community colleges are increasingly seen as an attractive alternative to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023341
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Cashier or Consultant? Entry Labor Market Conditions, Field of Study, and Career Success
Altonji, Joseph G. - 2014
We analyze the early labor market outcomes of U.S. college graduates from the classes of 1974 to 2011, as a function of the economic conditions into which they graduated. We have three main findings. First, poor labor market conditions substantially disrupt early careers. A large recession at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046597
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Career Patterns of College Graduates in a Declining Job Market
Freeman, Richard B. - 2021
This study uses Current Population Survey cohort data and the National Longitudinal Survey for men aged 14-24 in 1966 to examine the earnings growth of college graduates relative to high school graduates during the 1970s depressed market for graduates. The principal finding is that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218829
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The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession : Hysteresis and Heterogeneity in the Market for College Graduates
Oreopoulos, Philip; von Wachter, Till; Heisz, Andrew - 2021
careers and low costs of recessions for both more and less advantaged workers. In contrast, a vast range of alternative career … university-employer-employee data from 1982 to 1999, and uses its results to assess the importance of alternative career models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013237962
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The Macro-Foundations of Microeconomics : Initial Labor Market Conditions and Long-Term Outcomes for Economists
Oyer, Paul - 2021
Each year, graduate students entering the academic job market worry that they will suffer due to uncontrollable macroeconomic risk. Given the importance of general human capital and the relative ease of publicly observing productivity in academia, one might expect unlucky graduating cohorts'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212368