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Occupational Mobility, Occupation Distance, and Specific Human Capital

Chris Robinson
Journal of Human Resources, March 2018, 53 (2) 513-551; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.2.0814-6556R2
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vol. 53 no. 2 513-551
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.2.0814-6556R2
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received August 1, 2014
  • Accepted January 1, 2017
  • Published online April 11, 2018.
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© 2018 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Occupations, Skills, and Specific Human Capital
    • III. Construction of the Distance and Direction Measures
    • IV. Occupational Mobility: Patterns of Distance and Direction
    • V. Wage Losses and Displacement: The Importance of Direction
    • VI. Declining CoStS of DiSplacement?
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