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Job Mobility and the Careers of Young Men
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Using longitudinal data, we study the processes of job mobility and wage growth among young men. During the first ten years in the labor market, a typical worker will hold seven jobs, about two thirds of his career total. The evolution of wages plays a key role in this transition to stable employment: wage gains at job changes account for at least a third of early-career wage growth, and the wage is the key determinant of job changing decisions among young workers. Job changing is a critical component of workers' movement toward the stable employment relations of mature careers.
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- Authors
- Topel, R. H., & Ward, M. P.
- Venue
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1992-05-01
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 439-479
- ISSN
- 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-4650
- OpenAlex
- W2155453909
- Cited by
- 1,168
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 6.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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