Premium
Transitions From School to Work and the Early Labour Market Experience
Author(s) -
Bratberg Espen,
Nilsen Oivind Anti
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
oxford bulletin of economics and statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.131
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0084
pISSN - 0305-9049
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0084.0620s1909
Subject(s) - duration (music) , unemployment , apprenticeship , economics , labour economics , wage , work (physics) , affect (linguistics) , work experience , demographic economics , psychology , mechanical engineering , art , linguistics , philosophy , literature , communication , engineering , economic growth
We consider transitions from school to work and the early market experience. The duration of post‐school unemployment, wages, and job duration are estimated simultaneously. We find that individuals with higher levels ofschooling get jobs more quickly and have longer employment durations. Apprentices have shorter unemployment periods and stay longer in their jobs than others at the same educational level. Females have shorter unemployment periods and lower wages, and also stay in the first job longer. The unemployment duration and the accepted wage affect job duration positively, but the estimated covariance terms suggest unobserved factors working in the opposite direction.