Perceived job insecurity, unemployment risk and international trade: A micro-level analysis of employees in German service industries

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The present paper investigates the impact of international trade on individual labour market outcomes in the German service sector for the period 1995-2006. Combining micro-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and industry-level trade data from inputoutput tables, we examine the impacts of international trade on (1) the individually reported fear of job loss and (2) job-to-unemployment transitions. We therefore apply both a subjective and a more objective measure of job insecurity. Our results indicate that international trade does indeed affect labour market outcomes in German service industries. Employees in trading service sectors face both a higher subjective and objective unemployment risk, regardless of their skill level. Moreover, growth in real net exports is positively correlated with perceived job insecurity and individual unemployment risk.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CAWM Discussion Paper ; No. 32

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
• Subject: International trade ; perceived job insecurity ; employment status

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lurweg, Maren
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Centrum für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (CAWM)
• (where): Münster
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51377
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