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Title: Age-Specific Cyclical Effects in Job Reallocation and Labour Mobility

Author(s): Anne Gielen and Jan C. van Ours

Publication Date: August 2005

Keyword(s): accessions, job creation, job destruction, matched worker-firm data and separations

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: We present an empirical analysis of job reallocation and labour mobility using matched worker-firm data for the Netherlands to investigate how firms adjust their workforce over the cycle. Our data cover the period 1993-2002. We find that cyclical adjustments of the workforce occur mainly through fluctuations in job creation for young and prime-age workers while for old workers they occur mainly through fluctuations in job destruction. Moreover, we find that business cycle fluctuations are used to rejuvenate the workforce. Workforce reductions are most harmful for old workers; for them the flow out of employment is a one-way street.

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Gielen, A and van Ours, J. 2005. 'Age-Specific Cyclical Effects in Job Reallocation and Labour Mobility'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=5161