Job promotion in midcareer: gender, recession, and “crowding”

Addison, J.; Ozturk, O.; Wang, S.

Job promotion in midcareer: gender, recession, and “crowding”

Addison, J.; Ozturk, O.; Wang, S.

Authors

Professor John Addison john.addison@durham.ac.uk
Professor

O. Ozturk

S. Wang

Abstract

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 indicate that, between 1996 and 2010, women, on average, lost some of the promotion momentum they had achieved at the beginning of midcareer, although they outperformed men in this regard. For both genders, the economic downturn of 2001 and the Great Recession of 2007–2009 contributed to reduced promotion probabilities. In the case of women, however, cohort effects, rather than the business cycle, seem to explain the promotion experience during the Great Recession. Promotions translate into higher real-wage increases, especially when coupled with growth in job responsibilities. Crowding effects, if not necessarily a thing of the past, are no longer manifested in reduced female promotion rates or earnings.

Citation

Addison, J., Ozturk, O., & Wang, S. (2014). Job promotion in midcareer: gender, recession, and “crowding”. Monthly labor review, 2014, 1-24

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 27, 2014
Deposit Date	Sep 19, 2013
Publicly Available Date	May 23, 2014
Journal	Monthly Labor Review U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Print ISSN	0098-1818
Publisher	Bureau of Labor Statistics
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2014
Pages	1-24
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1477488
Publisher URL	http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/job-promotion-in-midcareer.htm