Where to Go? Workers' Reasons to Quit and Intra- Versus Interindustry Job Mobility

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 2005-027/1

25 Pages Posted: 4 Apr 2005

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Josse Delfgaauw

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics; Tinbergen Institute

Date Written: March 2005

Abstract

This paper employs survey data on the reasons to quit of Dutch job changers who entered or left a public sector job in 2001. We show that workers' reasons to quit their public sector job influence their decision to stay in or leave their industry of employment. A bad experience with, for instance, pay, work pressure, or job duties makes a change in industry more likely. Likewise, many workers who quit out of dissatisfaction with pay or management leave the public sector altogether. Lastly, it is shown that workers' reasons to quit fully explain the differences in wage growth between intra- and interindustry job movers.

Keywords: Reasons to quit, Job mobility, Wages, Change in industry, Public sector workers

JEL Classification: J28, J31, J33, J45, J63

Suggested Citation

Delfgaauw, Josse, Where to Go? Workers' Reasons to Quit and Intra- Versus Interindustry Job Mobility (March 2005). Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 2005-027/1, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=682349 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.682349

Josse Delfgaauw (Contact Author)

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics ( email )

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3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Tinbergen Institute ( email )

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Rotterdam, 3062 PA
Netherlands

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