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Geographic Mobility and the Costs of Job Loss

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  • A. Jolly Nicholas

    (Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA)

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This paper uses data from the 1968 through 1997 survey waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to analyze how the long-term costs of job loss vary by a worker’s post-displacement migration status. Results from the analysis show that those individuals who move within the first 2 years after a job loss experience lower earnings losses, lower reductions in hours worked, and smaller increases in time unemployed when compared to a group of displaced workers who are not geographically mobile during the early years following this life event. Workers who move within the first 2 years after displacement face a lower probability of homeownership when compared to their non-mobile counterparts. However, this lower probability is short-lived.

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  • A. Jolly Nicholas, 2015. "Geographic Mobility and the Costs of Job Loss," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 15(4), pages 1793-1829, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejeap:v:15:y:2015:i:4:p:1793-1829:n:15
    DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2014-0131
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