Job Displacement

Lori G. Kletzer

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, vol. 12, issue 1, 115-136

Abstract: The past decade and a half has seen tremendous research growth in the area of job displacement. This paper discusses the state of knowledge on the issues and questions of job loss. The 1984-96 Displaced Worker Surveys are used to describe how the characteristics of displacement are changing to include more college educated, white collar, and nonmanufacturing workers. For many workers, the long-term earnings losses following displacement are large due to the loss of firm-specific human capital. More research is needed on the questions of the causes of job displacement and on the efficacy of employment and training programs.

JEL-codes: E24 J63 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
Note: DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.1.115
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