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Age-specific job flows and worker flows using a national dataset

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  • Liu, Jin-Tan

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Based on a Taiwanese national population dataset covering the period from 1998 to 2002, we find a counter-cyclical pattern of separations and employer-to-employer transitions. The cyclical adjustments of the workforce are driven mainly by fluctuations in the hiring of young workers and by fluctuations in separations for prime-age and older-age workers.

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  • Tsou, Meng-Wen & Liu, Jin-Tan, 2008. "Age-specific job flows and worker flows using a national dataset," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 99(2), pages 398-401, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:2:p:398-401
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