New Job Matches and their Stability before and during the Crisis

A. Nagore Garcia, Arthur van Soest

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Abstract

Using administrative data from the Spanish Social Security Administration, we analyse the nature and stability of job matches starting during the economic boom in 2005 and during the recession in 2009. We compare the individual, job and firm characteristics in the two samples and estimate a competing risk model distinguishing job-to-job, job-to-unemployment, and other transitions. We find that job-to-job transitions are pro-cyclical, while unemployment transitions are counter-cyclical. Individuals most affected by the economic crisis tend to be young males, living in regions with high unemployment rates, with low qualifications and working in manual occupations (particularly construction), and (especially Spanish speaking) immigrants. The positive relation between job stability and firm size is stronger during the recession than during the boom.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationTilburg
PublisherEconometrics
Number of pages35
Volume2016-033
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2016

Publication series

NameCentER Discussion Paper
Volume2016-033

Keywords

  • job tenure
  • business cycle
  • job-separations

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