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The Sources of the Wage Losses of Displaced Workers

The Role of the Reallocation of Workers into Firms, Matches, and Job Titles

Pedro Raposo, Pedro Portugal and Anabela Carneiro
Journal of Human Resources, July 2021, 56 (3) 786-820; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.3.0317-8667R3
Pedro Raposo
Pedro Raposo is at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics.
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Pedro Portugal
Pedro Portugal is at Banco de Portugal, NOVA School of Business and Economics
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Anabela Carneiro
Anabela Carneiro is at the Universidade do Porto and CEF.UP–Center for Economics and Finance at the University of Porto.
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Abstract

We evaluate the sources of wage losses of workers displaced due to firm closure by comparison of workers’ wages before and after displacement. We decompose the sources of the wage losses into the contribution of firm, match quality, and job title fixed effects. Sorting into lower paying job titles represents the largest component of the monthly wage loss of displaced workers, accounting for 37 percent of the total average monthly wage loss compared to 31 percent for the firm and 32 percent for the match effects. With respect to the hourly wage losses, job title effects account for 46 percent of the total loss, while firm and match effects contribute in equal shares representing each 27 percent of the loss.

JEL Classification:
  • J31
  • J63
  • J65
  • E24
  • Received March 2017.
  • Accepted July 2019.

This open access article is distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) and is freely available online at: http://jhr.uwpress.org

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Pedro Raposo, Pedro Portugal, Anabela Carneiro
Journal of Human Resources Jul 2021, 56 (3) 786-820; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.3.0317-8667R3

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