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How important are worker gross flows between public and private sector?

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  • Andri Chassamboulli
  • Idriss Fontaine

    (CEMOI - Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien - UR - Université de La Réunion)

  • Pedro Gomes

Abstract

We measure the size of gross worker flows between public and private sector and their importance for the dynamics of public employment over the last two decades in the US, UK, France and Spain. Between 10 and 35 percent of all inflows and outflows of the public sector are from and to private employment. These flows only account for 7 to 25 percent of the fluctuations of public employment.
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  • Andri Chassamboulli & Idriss Fontaine & Pedro Gomes, 2020. "How important are worker gross flows between public and private sector?," Post-Print hal-03665977, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03665977
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109204
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    1. Elsby, Michael W.L. & Hobijn, Bart & Şahin, Ayşegül, 2015. "On the importance of the participation margin for labor market fluctuations," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 64-82.
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    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets

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