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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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    • 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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