@techreport{dddb3a7f18da44fda125afe6d8232a19,
title = "Who benefits from a job change: The dwarfs or the giants?",
abstract = "Empirical studies have shown that voluntary job-to-job changes have a positive effect on wage mobility. In this paper, we suggest that the impact of a job change on wage growth depends on the position in the wage distribution. Using panel data from the UK and Germany, we investigate the effect of employer changes and within-firm job changes on year-to-year wage mobility. We show that a change of employer results into a wage increase for the low-paid workers but not for the high-paid workers. Within-firm job changes produce, on average, moderate wage gains for the low-paid workers in the UK, but have no effect in Germany. Results on 3-year wage mobility are shown to be very similar to the results on year-to-year wage growth.",
keywords = "high pay, job mobility, low pay, wage mobility",
author = "Didier Fouarge and Ruud Muffels and Dimitris Pavlopoulos and Vermunt, {Jeroen k.}",
year = "2007",
language = "English",
series = "IRISS Working Papers",
publisher = "CEPS/INSTEAD",
number = "2007-16",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "CEPS/INSTEAD",
}