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Reemployment Differences Among Dislocated and Other Workers
Author(s) -
Benedict Mary Ellen,
VanderHart Peter
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1997.tb03445.x
Subject(s) - retraining , labour economics , dislocation , business , demographic economics , economics , international trade , materials science , composite material
Dislocated workers are often assumed to have a more difficult time becoming reemployed than their non‐dislocated counterparts, especially into jobs in growth sectors of the economy. Evidence presented here suggests that it is not dislocation per se that makes reemployment difficult, but that factors associated with dislocation such as education, experience , and industry‐specific skills in declining industries play the most important roles. The findings are relevant to the matter of workers' retraining programs .