The Impact of Interfirm Labor Mobility on Innovation: Evidence from Job Search Portal Data

Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Mõtsmees, Pille; Philips, Kaia

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“…Kambourov and Manovskii (2004) have shown that the accumulated skills of industry or occupation-specific human capital may be destroyed upon occupational switches. However, previous papers have also found evidence of a positive impact of labour mobility on innovative activity (Kaiser et al, 2011) and firm-to-firm knowledge spillovers (Maliranta et al, 2008;Masso et al, 2012).…”

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“…Occupational mobility could be understood as the transfer mechanism which shifts the industry or occupation-specific human capital between economic sectors (Song et al, 2003;Masso et al, 2012) and supports innovation in firms (Kaiser et al, 2011), but according to Kambourov and Manovskii (2004) could also lead to knowledge loss. Therefore, occupational mobility could act as the facilitator or as the hinderer of structural change over the business cycles.…”

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Occupational mobility over the business cycle

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2014

International Journal of Manpower

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine how occupational mobility varies over the business cycle and how selected factors contribute to occupational mobility in different stages of the business cycle. Design/methodology/approach -Using annual micro data from the Estonian Labour Force Survey (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) and implementing probit models with interaction terms, the paper investigates occupational mobility as a change of occupation in two successive years during recovery, boom and recession periods. Findings -The analysis indicates that occupational mobility is higher during the recovery and boom periods and lower during the recession stage. The demographic characteristics (gender, marital status, knowledge of local language) influence the probability for occupational change during the recovery stage of the business cycle. The position of employees in the occupational hierarchy is significant during the recovery and boom periods. Employees working in the public sector have a lower probability for occupational change compared with private sector employees during the recession. Training has a positive effect on occupational mobility during recession. Tenure reduces the probability of occupational mobility over the whole business cycle. Originality/value -The paper contributes to the literature by providing new results about the role of different factors of occupational mobility over the business cycle. This is among the few studies addressing the variation in the occupational mobility of employees from the public and private sectors. Interactions between the position of the employees in the occupational hierarchy and the ownership form of their employers and the economic sectors add to the understanding about the mechanism of occupational mobility over the business cycle stages.

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Occupational mobility over the business cycle

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2014

International Journal of Manpower

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“…Moreover, in the case of France, both in terms of sectors and firms, higher levels of innovation are able to reverse the destruction of jobs and even create new jobs than those who do not innovate (Greenan and Guellec, 2000). For Estonia, this phenomenon would determine a positive relationship between mobility and innovation, since successful innovation would result in more hires (Masso et al, 2010).…”

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Effect of technological innovation and diffusion on the interindustry mobility of Brazilian workers

2014

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This paper aims to investigate the effects of investment in industrial R & D on the mobility of workers between firms and/or industrial sectors in Brazil, considering that the technological gap between the sectors can reduce the propensity for interindustrial labor mobility. Using panel data for the period 2003-2008, constructed from microdata RAIS-Migra and industry data from the Brazilian Technological Innovation Survey (PINTEC), the Annual Industrial Survey (PIA) and input-output matrices, we estimate a multinomial logit model with random intercepts (GLLAMM -Generalized Linear Latent and Mixed Models). The main results show that the technological diffusion increases the chances of changing jobs, the technological variables have greater importance for unskilled workers than for skilled, and among non-intensive technology industries, the technological innovation can have positive impact on interindustrial mobility. ResumoEsse artigo tem por objetivo investigar os efeitos do investimento em P&D industrial sobre a mobilidade de trabalhadores entre firmas e setores industriais brasileiros, considerando que a distância tecnológica entre os setores pode reduzir a propensão à mobilidade intersetorial de trabalhadores. Com o uso de um painel de dados para o período de 2003-2008, construído a partir de microdados da RAIS-Migra e de dados setoriais provenientes da Pesquisa de Inovação Tecnológica (PINTEC), da Pesquisa Industrial Anual (PIA) e de matrizes de insumo-produto estimou-se o modelo logit multinomial com interceptos aleatórios (GLLAMMGeneralized Linear Latent and Mixed Models). Os principais resultados obtidos mostram que: a difusão tecnológica aumenta as chances de mudança de emprego; variáveis tecnológicas possuem maior importância para os trabalhadores não qualificados do que para os qualificados; e, entre os setores não intensivos em tecnologia, uma inovação pode ter impacto positivo sobre a mobilidade intersetorial.

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The Impact of Interfirm Labor Mobility on Innovation: Evidence from Job Search Portal Data

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Occupational mobility over the business cycle

Occupational mobility over the business cycle

Effect of technological innovation and diffusion on the interindustry mobility of Brazilian workers

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