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Wage Scars from Involuntary Job Loss: Evidence and Comparisons from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 Cohorts

Odongo, Kennedy Rodgers
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent152715742466182

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2018, MA, Kent State University, College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Ambassador Crawford / Department of Economics.
Using the NLSY79 and NLSY97, I estimate decreases in wages resulting from involuntary job losses (layoffs and plant closings), commonly called wage scars. My main question is whether being in the 1997 cohort predisposes respondents to a different wage scar compared to respondents in the 1979 cohort. The results show that for the 1979 cohort, wage losses range from 3.8% to 15.4%, while for the 97 cohort, wage losses range from 1.6% to 16.5%. I find that for both cohorts, earning losses were large from year 1 through 5+ years after a separation. However, in an interacted model, I find some evidence that the wage scars are smaller for the 1997 cohort compared to the 1979 cohort.
Curtis Reynolds (Committee Chair)
35 p.
Economics
Displaced workers, earning loss, wage scars

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  • Odongo, K. R. (2018). Wage Scars from Involuntary Job Loss: Evidence and Comparisons from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 Cohorts [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent152715742466182

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Odongo, Kennedy. Wage Scars from Involuntary Job Loss: Evidence and Comparisons from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 Cohorts . 2018. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent152715742466182.

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  • Odongo, Kennedy. "Wage Scars from Involuntary Job Loss: Evidence and Comparisons from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 Cohorts ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent152715742466182

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