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Changing Stability in U.S. Employment Relationships

A Tale of Two Tails

View ORCID ProfileRaven Molloy, Christopher L. Smith and Abigail Wozniak
Journal of Human Resources, January 2024, 59 (1) 35-69; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0821-11843
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Raven Molloy is an economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
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Christopher L. is an economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
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Abigail Wozniak is an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and IZA.
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Data Overview
    • III. Changes in the Tenure Distribution since the 1980s
    • IV. What Explains the Decline in Long-Tenure Spells?
    • V. What Explains the Decline in Short-Tenure Spells?
    • VI. Consequences of the Shifting Tenure Distribution: Has Security of Employed Workers Changed?
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