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Changes in Job Stability – Evidence from Lifetime Job Histories

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  • Miikka Rokkanen

    (MIT)

  • Roope Uusitalo

    (HECER, University of Helsinki)

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We use individual-level panel data spanning over 42 years from the pension records to evaluate changes in job stability in Finland between 1963 and 2004. Compared with previous research on job stability we cover much longer period and for some cohorts observe the entire lifetime job histories. These data allow us to study job stability using standard duration models instead of simply examining changes in elapsed tenure. We find that hazard of job loss increased during the recession years in the early 1990s but has then returned to the level that prevailed in the 1970s. We also demonstrate that fluctuations in the hazard rate together with changes in labor market entry rates have complicated dynamic effects on the tenure distribution, and that analysing changes in job stability based on the elapsed duration of ongoing jobs may be quite misleading.

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  • Miikka Rokkanen & Roope Uusitalo, 2013. "Changes in Job Stability – Evidence from Lifetime Job Histories," Finnish Economic Papers, Finnish Economic Association, vol. 26(2), pages 36-55, Autumn.
    • Handle: RePEc:fep:journl:v:26:y:2013:i:2:p:36-55
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    1. Pasi Pyöriä & Satu Ojala, 2016. "Precarious work and intrinsic job quality: Evidence from Finland, 1984–2013," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 27(3), pages 349-367, September.
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    3. Ross Donohue, 2014. "Holland’s constructs in relation to career persistence and career change: A study of Australian managerial and professional workers," Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business, vol. 39(2), pages 167-189, May.
    4. Eerola, Essi & Lyytikäinen, Teemu, 2015. "On the role of public price information in housing markets," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 74-84.

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    JEL classification:

    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs

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