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Earnings Losses of Displaced Workers

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  • Jacobson, Louis S
  • LaLonde, Robert J
  • Sullivan, Daniel G

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The authors exploit administrative data combining workers' earnings histories with information about their firms to estimate the magnitude and temporal pattern of displaced workers' earnings losses. They find that high-tenure workers separating from distressed firms suffer long-term losses averaging 25 percent per year. In addition, the authors find that displaced workers' losses (1) begin mounting before their separations; (2) depend only slightly on their age and sex; (3) depend more on local labor-market conditions and their former industries; (4) are not, however, limited to those in a few sectors; and (5) are large even for those who find new jobs in similar firms. Copyright 1993 by American Economic Association.

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Article provided by American Economic Association in its journal American Economic Review.

Volume (Year): 83 (1993)
Issue (Month): 4 (September)
Pages: 685-709

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Handle: RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:83:y:1993:i:4:p:685-709

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