McCarthy, N. and Wright, P. orcid.org/0000-0003-2317-7346 (2018) The impact of displacement on the earnings of workers in Ireland. Economic and Social Review, 49 (4). pp. 373-417. ISSN 0012-9984
Abstract
In this paper we estimate the earnings losses of displaced workers. We use a novel matched worker-firm dataset to estimate earnings losses associated with mass-layoff and closure events in Ireland. Using propensity score matching and difference-in-differences estimators, we find that in the year following displacement, workers who experience a mass-layoff incur losses of 77 per cent compared to losses of 46 per cent for those displaced following a closure, relative to earnings five periods prior to displacement. However, those who are re-employed immediately after displacement suffer much smaller losses of 36 per cent and 19 per cent in the mass-layoff and closure groups respectively. Those displaced in the 2008-2010 group suffer greater earnings losses than those displaced between 2005 and 2007.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Economic & Social Studies. |
Keywords: | Earnings; workers; Ireland |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2018 11:04 |
Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2018 16:15 |
Published Version: | https://www.esr.ie/article/view/1029 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Economic and Social Studies |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139692 |