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Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 17 No. S4 1999

Has Job Stability Declined Yet? New Evidence for the 1990s

David Neumark1; Daniel Polsky2; Daniel Hansen3

1 National Bureau of Economic Research · 2 California University of Pennsylvania · 3 Christensen Fund

Abstract

We update the evidence on changes in job stability through the mid‐1990s, using recently released Current Population Survey data for 1995 that parallel earlier job tenure supplements. In the aggregate, job stability declined modestly in the first half of the 1990s. Moreover, the relatively small aggregate changes mask rather sharp declines in stability for workers with more than a few years of tenure. Nonetheless, the data available to this point do not support the conclusion that the downward shift in job stability for more tenured workers, and the more modest decline in aggregate job stability, reflect long‐term trends.

DOI
10.1086/209942
Volume
17
Issue
S4
Pages
S29-S64
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref

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