Title: Skill Obsolescence, Lifelong Learning and Labor Market Participation
Abstract: We analyze whether technological change induces skill obsolescence and early labor market exit, and to what extent lifelong learning reduces these risks. Using panel data on older workers, we find that workers report skill obsolescence more often in jobs in which learning is a structural characteristic. However, perceived skill obsolescence has no significant effect on the probability of losing employment. Instead, workers who experience skill obsolescence participate more often in training, which decreases the risk of losing employment. The results are consistent with the dynamic model of skill obsolescence and employment loss developed in this paper. Moreover, we find that when workers with long job tenures decrease their training participation, this is an early indicator of future job loss.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: preprint
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