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Title: Occupational Change, Employer Change, and the Transferability of Skills
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1. Shaw, Kathryn L.
Occupational Change, Employer Change, and the Transferability of Skills
Southern Economic Journal 53,3 (January 1987): 702-719.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1058765
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: Southern Economic Association
Keyword(s): Income; Job Training; Mobility; Mobility, Occupational; Transfers, Skill; Unemployment Rate, Regional

Presents a human capital investment model to describe the direction and timing of change in occupation for upward occupational mobility leading to the growth in income. Features of the investment processes associated with occupational change; Factors that one considers while changing occupation and employer specific skills; Empirical specification of the model; Reasons for change in occupation.
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Shaw, Kathryn L. "Occupational Change, Employer Change, and the Transferability of Skills." Southern Economic Journal 53,3 (January 1987): 702-719.