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Joakim Gullstrand

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Who Leaves after Entering the Primary Sector? Evidence from Swedish micro-level data

Author

  • Joakim Gullstrand
  • Kerem Tezic

Summary, in English

Using 14 waves of panel data, this paper investigates why employees entering the primary sector exit subsequently. Transition probabilities are explained by a rich set of individual, regional and sectoral characteristics and a discrete-time competing risks model with unrestricted base-line hazards is used to distinguish between exits into a job in other sectors and other exits. The results confirm Jovanovic's suggestion of 'survival of the fittest matches' as workers and firms learn more about the quality of the match between them. It is found that agricultural education, higher income and sector wage differences are the main determinants of the hazard of moving to another sector, whereas marriage and higher education lower the hazard of leaving for non-employment.

Department/s

  • Institute of Economic Research
  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

41302-41302

Publication/Series

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volume

35

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Economics and Business
  • Economics

Keywords

  • Inter-sectoral transitions
  • disctrete-time competing risks model
  • agriculture

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0165-1587