Earnings losses of displaced workers and the business cycle: An analysis with administrative data

Couch, Kenneth A.; Jolly, Nicholas A.; Placzek, Dana W.

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2010.12.011

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“…In economic literature analogous models are used to evaluate earnings losses of displaced workers (Couch, 2001;Couch et al, 2011;Couch and Placzek, 2010;Jacobson and LaLonde, 1993;White, 2010).…”

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Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.IZA Discussion Paper No. 6140 November 2011 ABSTRACT Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-BeingThe majority of modelling studies on consequences of internal migration focus almost exclusively on the labour market outcomes and the material well-being of migrants. We investigate whether individuals who migrate within the UK become happier after the move than they were before it and whether the effect is permanent or transient. Using life satisfaction responses from 12 waves of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and employing a fixed-effects model, we derive a temporal pattern of migrants' subjective wellbeing (SWB) around the time of the migration event. Our findings make an original contribution by revealing for the first time that, on average, migration is preceded by a period when individuals experience a significant decline in happiness. The boost that is received through migration appears to bring people back to their initial level of happiness. As opposed to labour market outcomes of migration, SWB outcomes do not differ significantly between men and women. Perhaps surprisingly, long-distance migrants are at least as happy as short-distance migrants despite the higher social costs that are involved.JEL Classification: J61, R23

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Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being

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“…This modelling approach originates from economic literature on earnings losses of displaced workers (Couch, 2001;Couch and Placzek, 2010;Couch et al, 2011;Jacobson and Lalonde, 1993;White, 2010). In analysis of life satisfaction similar models were used by Clark et al (2008) and Frijters et al (2011) to evaluate the effects of major life events (a change of residence was included in the latter study) on overall life satisfaction.…”

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Linking residential relocation desires and behaviour with life domain satisfaction

2016

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Life satisfaction and motives for moving home are complex entanglements, reflecting multiple desires and experiences. The aim of this paper is to show that a focused analysis of satisfaction with particular life domains can prove that changing a place of residence is not only a life stressor, but also a positive means leading to enduring improvements in individual satisfaction. Using the British Household Panel Survey we examine overall life satisfaction and satisfaction in various life domains such as housing, job, social life, household income, spouse/partner and health, both prior to and after moving. A temporal pattern of movers' satisfaction for a number of years before and after the move is derived employing a fixed-effects panel data model. Our results reveal that residential relocation increases housing satisfaction considerably. The positive effect of moving on housing satisfaction is much stronger and endures longer for those with a sustained desire to relocate ahead of movement. Despite some decrease over time, five years after moving survey respondents still had significantly higher housing satisfaction than before their move. Changes in satisfaction with other life domains are much less pronounced and no lasting improvements in satisfaction are observed for them.

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“…The finding that older workers suffer particularly large earnings losses confirms earlier studies such as Farber (1997), who also shows that this pattern is robust across different levels of education. Couch et al (2009) use administrative data to study earnings changes among workers in Connecticut who were displaced in the course of 'mass layoffs ' during 1999-2004 and who were aged 40 and above at the time of displacement. Their results are difficult to compare with those of Johnson and Mommaerts (2011) because of the regionally specific sample and differences in study design.…”

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Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States

Heisig¹

2015

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For quite some time, a key finding and theoretical puzzle in comparative welfare state research was welfare states' remarkable stability. In the last decade, however, it has become clear that advanced welfare states were (far) less immovable than they seemed at first. In fact, speaking of changing welfare states captures much better the actual reforms that were taking place. This series is about the trajectories of those changes. Have there been path-breaking welfare innovations or are the changes incremental instead? Are welfare states moving in a similar or even convergent direction, or are they embarking on divergent trajectories of change? What new policies have been added, by which kind of political actors, how, and with what consequences for competitiveness, employment, income equality and poverty, gender relations, human capital formation, or fiscal sustainability? What is the role of the European Union in shaping national welfare state reform?This series answers these and related questions by studying the socioeconomic, institutional and political conditions for welfare state change, its governance, and its outcomes across a diverse set of policy areas. The policy areas can address traditional "old" social risks like old age, unemployment, sickness (including the health care system), disability and poverty and inequality in general, or "new" social risks that have arisen mainly due to post-industrialization, such as reconciling work and family life, non-standard employment, and low and inadequate skills. In addition to focusing on the welfare state more narrowly defined, the series also welcomes publication on related areas, such as the housing market. The overriding objective of the series is tracing and explaining the full trajectories of contemporary welfare state change and its outcomes. Editors of the series

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Earnings losses of displaced workers and the business cycle: An analysis with administrative data

Cited by 56 publications

References 6 publications

Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being

Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being

Linking residential relocation desires and behaviour with life domain satisfaction

Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States

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