Job displacement, wages, and unemployment duration in Canada

Houle, Mario; Audenrode, Marc Van

doi:10.1016/0927-5371(95)80009-m

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“…Based on existing research, we know that in the long run, the reemployment of displaced workers and their future earnings strongly depend on the economic cycle and labor demand. The reemployment of displaced workers is also affected by professional skills, work history, education, age and gender, preferences and resources, and the competitive positions of different groups searching for jobs (Houle and von Audenrode 1995;Jolkkonen and Koistinen 2002;Kletzer 1998;Korkeamäki and Kyyrä 2008).…”

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Reemployment of Displaced Workers – The Case of a Plant Closing on a Remote Region in Finland

Jolkkonen

Koistinen

Kurvinen

2012

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The aims of this article are to examine the reemployment of displaced workers and individual factors that predict reemployment and education, earnings in new jobs, and paths to reemployment. This article is based on a case study 1 of the closing down of the Perlos Ltd plants in North Karelia in eastern Finland. From the 1990s, the Perlos Corporation grew from a Nokia subcontractor into a globally operating limited company with a global workforce of over 13,000 workers and almost 2,000 workers in North Karelia. In 2007, the corporation closed down all its production activities in Finland. In the case study, various data sources were used but this article is based mainly on the questionnaire conducted in 2008 among 1,217 trade union members. Logistic and multinomial regression analyses are used as analysis methods. Against expectations, the fast reemployment of the displaced workers was a surprise, which can be explained by the good demand and hidden need for labor in other firms in this region. However, the demand was specific and differentiated between the workers' job opportunities. White-collar workers had better chances of reemployment. Gender, next to the occupational status, was an important predictor for reemployment. On the other hand, education, the willingness to move, and family status were not statistically significant explanatory factors for reemployment. The age of the job seekers was one important factor predicting unemployment. KEY WORDSPlant closing / displaced workers / reemployment / unemployment / loss of earnings / job search.

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Reemployment of Displaced Workers – The Case of a Plant Closing on a Remote Region in Finland

Jolkkonen

Koistinen

Kurvinen

2012

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“…Moreover, there is some evidence for the US, Canada and a number of European countries suggesting that these wage losses can persist for a number of years after diplacement (e.g. Burda and Maertens, 2001;OECD, 2003;Houle and van Audenrode, 1995;Browning and Crossley, 2008).…”

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Setting It Right: Employment Protection, Labour Reallocation and Productivity

2011

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“…Addison and Portugal (1989) showed that in the U.S. unemployment duration has a negative effect on the future wage. In a comparable study, Houle and Audenrode (1995) found no evidence of such a negative effect, and concluded that there is probably no relationship between unemployment duration and wages in Canada. They argued that because Canada and the U.S. are very similar with respect to the labor market, the differences found between both countries must be caused by small differences in the institutional setups.…”

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Wage Effects of Unemployment Duration and Frequency

Dijk

Folmer

1999

Journal of Regional Science

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This paper analyzes the wage effects of unemployment duration and frequency for different regional labor market situations in The Netherlands using a simultaneous equations approach. The main finding is that unemployment duration has a significant negative effect and the frequency of unemployment a significant positive effect on wages in the core regions with relatively low unemployment rates. In the periphery with relatively high unemployment rates no significant effects of unemployment duration and frequency are found. It is argued that in the core regions unemployment duration is primarily viewed as a personal indicator of low productivity whereas in the periphery it is attributed to the situation in the regional labor market.

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Job displacement, wages, and unemployment duration in Canada

Cited by 12 publications

References 12 publications

Reemployment of Displaced Workers – The Case of a Plant Closing on a Remote Region in Finland

Reemployment of Displaced Workers – The Case of a Plant Closing on a Remote Region in Finland

Setting It Right: Employment Protection, Labour Reallocation and Productivity

Wage Effects of Unemployment Duration and Frequency

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