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Young workers' professional experience and access to high-skill jobs: a note

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  • Therese Rebière

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The implications of on-the-job search and learning-by-doing of young workers are studied in a search-matching model. The labor market is segmented in two sub-markets: that of beginners, and that of experienced workers offering higher wages. After a long enough employment spell, beginners can search for a better-paying job in the experienced sub-market. Employment instability reduces upgrading opportunities for young workers, penalizing the overall economy. Under specific conditions this phenomenon is reinforced when firms are more fussy about workers' professional experience.

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  • Therese Rebière, 2012. "Young workers' professional experience and access to high-skill jobs: a note," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 32(1), pages 969-980.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-11-00802
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    Keywords

    learning-by-doing; on-the-job search; segmented labor market; youth employment.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets

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