effect on mobility, and that, beyond their dependence on the current firm, earnings after a job move also depend on the past …

This paper employs survey data on the reasons to quit of Dutch job changers who entered or left a public sector job in … 2001. We show that workers' reasons to quit their public sector job influence their decision to stay in or leave their … industry of employment. A bad experience with, for instance, pay, work pressure, or job duties makes a change in industry more …

determinant of the career decisions of young workers. Building on the search-theoretic career choice and job mobility model … result is that receiving help from weak ties is associated with early career and job settlements, while the strong ties are … the network size increases. I conclude that the strength-of-weak-ties hypothesis can shed light on the complexity of job …

investigate whether human capital externalities arise from higher job matching efficiency in skilled regions. Using two samples of … deviation raises wages on the incidence of job change by up to three percent, pointing to the importance of improved job … regional differences in job change behavior suggests that human capital networks enable young workers to change jobs more …