December 8, 2011
Wage-Tenure Profiles and Mobility
The Dutch labour market is characterized by low job mobility and high average duration of
unemployment for older jobseekers. This study investigates the role of wage-tenure profiles
in explaining patterns of job mobility. (Updated February 2012)
Based on a large administrative database, the estimates show that wage-tenure profiles in the Netherlands are relatively steep. Furthermore, industries with high returns to tenure appear to have a high share of older workers, as well as high average job tenure. This implies that steep wage-tenure profiles are related to low levels of mobility.
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