Who moves up the job ladder?

Autor/inn/en	Haltiwanger, John; Hyatt, Henry; McEntarfer, Erika
Titel	Who moves up the job ladder? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Wer klettert die Karriereleiter nach oben?
Quelle	In: Journal of labor economics, 36 (2018) S1, S. S. 301-S336 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-306X; 1537-5307
DOI	10.1086/694417
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Lohnhöhe; Produktivität; Unternehmen; Arbeitsmarktrisiko; Arbeitsplatzwechsel; Beruflicher Aufstieg; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsniveau; USA
Abstract	"In this paper, we use linked employer-employee data to study the reallocation of heterogeneous workers between heterogeneous firms. We build on recent evidence of a cyclical job ladder that reallocates workers from low-productivity to high-productivity firms through job-to-job moves. In this paper, we turn to the question of who moves up this job ladder and the implications for worker sorting across firms. Not surprisingly, we find that job-to-job moves reallocate younger workers disproportionately from less productive to more productive firms. More surprisingly, especially in the context of the recent literature on assortative matching with on-the-job search, we find that job-to-job moves disproportionately reallocate less educated workers up the job ladder. This finding holds even though we find that more educated workers are more likely to work with more productive firms. We find that while highly educated workers are less likely to match to low-productivity firms, they are also less likely to separate from them, with less educated workers more likely to separate to a better employer in expansions and to be shaken off the ladder (separate to nonemployment) in contractions. Our findings underscore the cyclical role job-to-job moves play in matching workers to better-paying employers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/2