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Wage mobility and wage inequality among young workers.

Contemporary Policy Issues

| October 01, 1993 | Veum, Jonathan R. | COPYRIGHT 1993 Western Economic Association International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I. INTRODUCTION

Individuals undergo a great deal of job mobility and wage variation during their early years in the labor market. Previous research indicates that about two-thirds of all lifetime job changes and nearly two-thirds of lifetime wage growth occur in the first 10 years of a young worker's career (Hall, 1982; Topel and Ward, 1992). During these initial 10 years, individuals work for approximately eight employers (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1992).

Mobility patterns among young workers may be changing. Recent analyses of labor income distribution suggest that inequality among both men and women was relatively stable in the 1970s but increased in the ...

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