Abstracts
DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0084.00067 |
Published date | 01 August 1997 |
Date | 01 August 1997 |
OXFORD BULLETIN
OF
ECONOMICS and STATISTICS
August 1997Volume 59 No. 3
OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS, 59, 2 (1997)
0305-9049
ABSTRACTS
Transient Jobs and Lifetime Jobs: Dualism in the British Labour Market
Simon Burgess and Hedley Rees
How long does a job last in Britain? We find that many workers have very
short jobs and many have very long jobs. We estimate that in 1990, 40
percent of men were in jobs that will last 20 years or more. On the other
hand, 24 percent were in jobs lasting less than five years. We conclude
that the labour market is still capable of offering ‘lifetime jobs’ to many
workers. Policy analysis of issues such as reform of the welfare state,
pensions, and training should take note that reports of the death of ‘jobs
for life’ appear to be exaggerated.
Benefit Transfers in Italy: an Empirical Study of Mobility Lists in the
Milan Area
Giorgio Brunello and Raffaele Miniaci
This paper uses administrative data on mobility lists in the largest
economic region of Italy, Lombardia, to test whether the more favourable
treatment of older workers, who can draw benefits longer and transfer a
larger sum to potential employers, affects in a positive way their hazard
from unemployment into a permanent job. Our reduced form estimates
show that older workers who draw benefits longer have a significantly
lower hazard than their younger colleagues. The reduction in the hazard
from unemployment is particularly pronounced for older women in the
sample. Apparently, the negative effect of the treatment on the supply
side, due to a higher reservation wage, prevails in our data over the
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