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| Author: | Gautier, P. A. |
| Title: | Worker turnover at the firm level and crowding out of lower educated workers |
| Journal: | European Economic Review
2002 : MAR, VOL. 46:3, p. 523-538 |
| Index terms: | WORK TURNOVER EDUCATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates whether employers exploit cyclical downturns to improve the average skill level of their work force. The authors use a unique dataset that contains information on workers, jobs as well as firm characteristics. Their findings are that at each job level mainly lower educated workers leave during downturns. Furthermore, at each level of job complexity, workers with a higher education are not more productive than lower educated workers. The authors of the article find no evidence that higher educated workers crowd out lower educated workers during recessions. |
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