Arbeitspapier

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

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.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CAWM Discussion Paper ; No. 32

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

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

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Lurweg, Maren
  • Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Centrum für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (CAWM)

Time of origin

  • 2010

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