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Title: Changes in the Composition of Occupation Mobility During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Publication Year: 2022
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Abstract: Using CPS data, we examine whether occupation mobility patterns during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic differ from occupation mobility patterns of a pre-pandemic benchmark period from 2016 to 2019. In aggregate, we find that occupation mobility rates neither increased nor decreased during the first year of the pandemic. However, we do find that individuals who went through a period of unemployment in 2020 were less likely to have changed occupations than individuals who were unemployed during the benchmark era. This is consistent with the high rates of recall unemployment that have been documented in the literature. We also document that the quality of occupation switches changed during the pandemic compared to the benchmark period. Individuals who went through a period of unemployment during the pandemic are more likely to switch into lower income occupations and less likely to switch into higher income occupation, relative to individuals who went through a period of unemployment during the benchmark era. This scarring effect of the Covid-19 pandemic is not present for individuals who did not experience unemployment in 2020, who are slightly more likely to switch into higher income occupations compared to benchmark transitions. We find no evidence that this scarring effect is more prevalent among workers who worked in occupation that were heavily impacted by the pandemic.
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Authors: Manuel, Nick; Plesca, Miana
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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS
Topics: Health, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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