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The Effect of Initial Job in Japanese Labor Market

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  • Ayaka Nakamura

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

  • Katsuya Takii

    (Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University)

Abstract

We investigate the effect of being a regular employee in a job which a worker takes immediately after graduation (the initial job), on subsequent job status. We construct an assignment model that can be estimated by the marginal treatment effect (MTE) framework; the model suggests that the region- and cohort-level unexpected shocks that influences the demand for full time-worker share is a valid instrument under some assumptions. Estimating the MTE, we find that the treatment effect of the initial job is heterogeneous among individuals: male workers who are less likely to obtain regular employment in the initial job enjoy benefits of stable employment; however, the regular initial job does not increase the probability of subsequent regular employment for male workers who are likely to obtain regular employment in the initial job.

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  • Ayaka Nakamura & Katsuya Takii, 2024. "The Effect of Initial Job in Japanese Labor Market," OSIPP Discussion Paper 24E007, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University.
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    Keywords

    Employment stability; Initial labor market condition; MTE; Assignment model;
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    JEL classification:

    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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