Employee Tenure: Stable Overall, But Male and Female Trends Differ

Abstract

This paper updates previous Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) publications that have examined employee tenure data of American workers. The latest data on employee tenure from the January 2004 Supplement to the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) are examined and compared with the trends from previous CPS publications on employee tenure.

Keywords: Employment, Job tenure, Labor force participation

JEL Classification: J11, J20