Cyclical Job Ladders by Firm Size and Firm Wage

Abstract

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The Cyclical Job Ladder

“…They show that the gross poaching inflow share is increasing in size. Haltiwanger et al (2017) challenge these findings based on their stronger net poaching test. They work with administrative data from the LEHD, whose geographical coverage of private sector employers increased over time and recently completed.…”

“…A stronger test of a common ranking of jobs also takes into account retention. Net poaching, first proposed and implemented by Haltiwanger et al (2017) as a refinement of Moscarini and Postel-Vinay (2009)'s gross poaching inflow share, is the difference between the hiring into and separations from a given job type that only involve job-to-job quits. In practice, this measure can be applied to a firm, as the number of workers hired by that firm who are currently employed at other firms minus the number of own employees who quit directly to other firms, both normalized by that firm's size.…”

The Productivity Effects of Worker Mobility Between Heterogeneous Firms

“…Job mobility is considered an important source of career advancementmeasured by wage increasesat least since Topel and Ward (1992). More recently, Haltiwanger et al (2017) found that worker mobility in the United States across jobs typically follows an upward trend in the between-firm wage hierarchy, thereby functioning as a major mechanism of upward wage mobility. In addition, firms become increasingly important in determining a worker's wage (Barth et al (2016) provide empirical evidence for the United States).…”

Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change? Evidence from Vacancy Postings

“…63 Haltiwanger, Hyatt, Kahn and McEntarfer (2017) show that workers matching to jobs in downturns are more likely to match to low-paying rms than high-paying rms.…”