Size Matters: Matching Externalities and the Advantages of Large Labor Markets
In: NBER Working Paper No. w32250
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w32250
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In: Journal of labor economics: JOLE, Band 42, Heft 3, S. 837-875
ISSN: 1537-5307
In: Journal of labor economics: JOLE, Band 42, Heft S1, S. S11-S59
ISSN: 1537-5307
In: NBER Working Paper No. w32252
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In: American economic review, Band 107, Heft 5, S. 332-336
ISSN: 1944-7981
We use rich German administrative data to estimate new measures of skill transferability between manufacturing and other sectors. These measures capture the value of workers' human capital when applied in different sectors and are directly related to workers' displacement costs. We estimate these transferability measures using a selection correction model, which addresses workers' endogenous mobility, and a novel selection instrument based on the social network of workers. Our results indicate substantial heterogeneity in how workers can transfer their skills when they move across sectors, which implies heterogeneous displacement costs that depend on the sector to which workers reallocate.
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w23737
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 12087
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