Multiple job holding, local labor markets, and the business cycle

Q3 Business, Management and Accounting

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI:10.2139/ssrn.2719633

B. Hirsch, M. Husain, John V. Winters

引用次数: 30

Abstract

AbstractAbout 5 % of US workers hold multiple jobs, which can exacerbate or mitigate employment changes over the business cycle. Theory is ambiguous and prior literature is not fully conclusive. We examine the relationship between multiple job holding and local unemployment rates using a large Current Population Survey data set of workers in urban labor markets during 1998–2013. Labor markets with high unemployment have moderately lower rates of multiple job holding. Yet no relationship between multiple job holding and unemployment is found within markets over time, with near-zero estimates being precisely estimated. Multiple job holding is largely acyclic. JEL Classification: J21

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多份工作，当地劳动力市场和商业周期

大约5%的美国工人从事多种工作，这可能会加剧或减缓商业周期中的就业变化。理论是模糊的，先前的文献并不是完全结论性的。我们使用1998-2013年城市劳动力市场的大量当前人口调查数据集来检验多重工作持有与当地失业率之间的关系。高失业率的劳动力市场拥有多份工作的比例相对较低。然而，随着时间的推移，在市场中没有发现多份工作与失业率之间的关系，精确估计出的估计值接近于零。多份工作在很大程度上是不循环的。JEL分类:J21

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IZA Journal of Labor Economics Business, Management and Accounting-Industrial Relations

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1.40

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13 weeks

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