Are Workers Permanently Scarred by Job Displacements?
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Christopher J Ruhm, Jefferson-Pilot Excellence Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This paper investigates whether workers suffer lasting "scars" following job displacements. Using David T. Ellwood's (1982) terminology, "scars" represent persistent effects, whereas "blemishes" are transitory adjustments which dissipate over time. More precisely, dislocated individuals are defined as scarred if they continue to earn less or to be unemployed more than their nondisplaced counterparts, even after the conclusion of a several-year adjustment period
Are Workers Permanently Scarred by Job Displacements?
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- Publication
- The American Economic Review, Vol. 81(1): 319-324
- Language: English
- Date: 1991
- Keywords
- Job displacement, Effects of job displacement