Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
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IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
No 2005:21: Time out of work and skill depreciation
Per-Anders Edin () and Magnus Gustavsson ()
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Per-Anders Edin: IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Postal: P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Magnus Gustavsson: Department of Economics , Uppsala University, Postal: P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract: This paper investigates the role of skill depreciation in the relationship between work interruptions and subsequent wages. Using unique longitudinal microdata containing information on the ability to understand and practically employ printed information, we are able to analyze changes in skills for individuals as a function of time out of work. In general, we find statistically strong evidence of a negative relationship between work interruptions and skills. Our analysis suggests that depreciation of general information-processing skills is economically significant, with a full year of non-employment being equivalent to moving 5 percentiles down the skill distribution.
Keywords: Work interruptions; skill depreciation; wage differentials
35 pages, September 1, 2005
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- Per-Anders Edin and Magnus Gustavsson, (2008), 'Time out of work and skill depreciation', Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol 61, no 2, pages 163-180
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