Working Paper
Employer-to-employer flows in the United States: estimates using linked employer-employee data
McEntarfer, Erika; Bjelland, Melissa; Haltiwanger, John; Fallick, Bruce (2007)
We use administrative data linking workers and firms to study employer-to-employer flows. After discussing how to identify such flows in quarterly data, we investigate their basic empirical patterns. We find that the pace of employer-to-employer flows is high, representing about 4 percent of employment and 30 percent of separations each quarter. The pace of employer-to-employer flows is highly procyclical, and varies systematically across worker, job and employer characteristics. Our findings regarding job tenure and earnings dynamics suggest that for those workers moving directly to new ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2007-30