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Wage-Tenure Profiles and Mobility

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The Dutch labour market is characterized by low job mobility and high average duration of unemployment for older jobseekers. This study investigates the role of wage-tenure profiles in explaining patterns of job mobility. Based on a large administrative database, the estimates show that wage-tenure profiles in the Netherlands are relatively steep. Furthermore, industries with high returns to tenure appear to have a high share of older workers, as well as high average job tenure. This implies that steep wage-tenure profiles are related to low levels of mobility.

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Deelen, A.P. Wage-Tenure Profiles and Mobility. De Economist 160, 141–155 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-011-9183-4

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