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Occupational concentration and outcomes for displaced workers

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Displaced workers who end up changing occupations tend to suffer larger wage losses than those who do not. This paper examines the effect of the occupational concentration of employment in the local labour market (LLM) on the likelihood of being employed and (conditional on employment) having changed occupations for displaced workers. I find that workers who do not possess a postsecondary degree are less likely to be employed or to have changed occupations in more occupationally concentrated labour markets. By contrast occupational concentration does not affect these outcomes for more educated workers. These findings are consistent with a pattern where less educated workers focus job searches within their current LLM. Los trabajadores desplazados que terminan cambiando de ocupación tienden a sufrir mayores pérdidas salariales que los que no lo hacen. Este artículo examina el efecto de la concentración ocupacional del empleo en el mercado de trabajo local (MTL) sobre la probabilidad de estar empleado y (sujeto a tener un empleo) haber cambiado de ocupación para los trabajadores desplazados. Se encontró que los trabajadores que no poseen un título superior al de educación secundaria tienen menos probabilidades de estar empleados o de haber cambiado de ocupación en mercados laborales con mayor concentración ocupacional. Por el contrario, la concentración ocupacional no afecta a estos resultados en el caso de los trabajadores con un nivel educativo más alto. Estos hallazgos son consistentes con un patrón donde los trabajadores con menor nivel educativo enfocan la búsqueda de trabajo dentro de su propio MTL. 失職により転職を余儀なくされた労働者は、そうではない者に比べて多大な所得損失を被る傾向がある。本稿では、地域の労働市場 (local labour market: LLM)における職業別の雇用機会の集中度が、失職者が雇用される可能性および (雇用を条件として)転職する可能性に及ぼす影響を検討する。Secondary schoolより上の学歴がない労働者は、再就職する可能性、または労働市場において雇用機会が多い職業に転職する可能性が低い。これとは対照的に、高学歴の労働者の場合は雇用機会の集中度の影響はない。この知見は、学歴の低い労働者がそれまでと同じLLM内で集中的に求職した場合のパターンと一致している。

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  • Vasilios D. Kosteas, 2020. "Occupational concentration and outcomes for displaced workers," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(4), pages 977-997, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:99:y:2020:i:4:p:977-997
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12507
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