Who Leaves after Entering the Primary Sector? Evidence from Swedish Micro-Level Data

Posted: 27 Jun 2008

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Joakim Gullstrand

Lund University - School of Economics and Management

Kerem Tezic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: March 2008

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Inter-sectoral transitions, discrete-time competing risks model, hired labour, earnings, agriculture, J24, J43, J62, Q12

Suggested Citation

Gullstrand, Joakim and Tezic, Kerem, Who Leaves after Entering the Primary Sector? Evidence from Swedish Micro-Level Data (March 2008). European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 35, Issue 1, pp. 1-28, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1152108 or http://dx.doi.org/jbn009

Joakim Gullstrand (Contact Author)

Lund University - School of Economics and Management ( email )

Tycho Brahes väg 1,
S-220 07 Lund, 223 63
Sweden

Kerem Tezic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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