Data and Code for: Job Displacement and Earnings Losses: the Role of Joblessness

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Bruce Fallick, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland; Erika McEntarfer, United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Matthew Staiger, Opportunity Insights

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Project Citation: 

Fallick, Bruce , Haltiwanger, John, McEntarfer, Erika, and Staiger, Matthew . Data and Code for: Job Displacement and Earnings Losses: the Role of Joblessness. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-03-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E199191V1

Project Description

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A large literature finds that workers displaced in mass layoffs experience persistent
earnings losses. We find that the earnings penalty from job displacement is mediated
by the length of the jobless spell after displacement. Workers who experience little or
no joblessness suffer no losses on average; those who experience a prolonged period of
joblessness experience large, persistent earnings losses. Job movers who experience
joblessness tend to move to lower paying firms, a phenomenon which informs our
understanding of the mechanisms that generate earnings losses. We also find that
jobless duration predicts earnings outcomes for separators generally, not only displaced
workers.

Scope of Project

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      J63 Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
      J64 Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Five large states: California, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1999 – 2015
Universe:  View help for Universe All firms and workers in five large states along with jobs held by those workers in other states.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; census/enumeration data; survey data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Workers and Firms

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