Where to go? Workers' Reasons to quit and Intra- versus Interindustry Job Mobility

Arbeitspapier

This paper employs survey data on the reasons to quit of Dutch job changers who entered or left a public sector job in 2001. We show that workers' reasons to quit their public sector job influence their decision to stay in or leave their industry of employment. A bad experience with, for instance, pay, work pressure, or job duties makes a change in industry more likely. Likewise, many workers who quit out of dissatisfaction with pay or management leave the public sector altogether. Lastly, it is shown that workers' reasons to quit fully explain the differences in wage growth between intra- and interindustry job movers.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 05-027/1

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; Public Sector Labor Markets ; Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
• Subject: Reasons to quit ; Job mobility ; Wages ; Change in industry ; Public sector workers ; Arbeitsmobilität ; Öffentlicher Sektor ; Niederlande

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Delfgaauw, Josse
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Tinbergen Institute
• (where): Amsterdam and Rotterdam
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/86482
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