Replication data for: Transferability of Skills across Sectors and Heterogeneous Displacement Costs

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Project Citation:

Yi, Moises, Mueller, Steffen, and Stegmaier, Jens. Replication data for: Transferability of Skills across Sectors and Heterogeneous Displacement Costs. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113501V1

Project Description

Summary: We use rich German administrative data to estimate new measures of skill transferability between manufacturing and other sectors. These measures capture the value of workers' human capital when applied in different sectors and are directly related to workers' displacement costs. We estimate these transferability measures using a selection correction model, which addresses workers' endogenous mobility, and a novel selection instrument based on the social network of workers. Our results indicate substantial heterogeneity in how workers can transfer their skills when they move across sectors, which implies heterogeneous displacement costs that depend on the sector to which workers reallocate.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
      J62 Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
      L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
      L80 Industry Studies: Services: General

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