TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos
AU  - Summerfield, Fraser
AU  - Visschers, Ludo
        TI  - Workers’ Task and Employer Mobility over the Business Cycle
        PY  - 2025/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17654
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17654
        AB  - We investigate cyclical changes in workers’ task portfolios, highlighting their direction, magnitude, and distribution. Task changes are not only very common but provide information about the skills required across jobs. During recessions, a larger share of employer switches do not involve task changes. When changes occur, they tend to be more substantial. The cyclicality of task changes among employer-to-employer movers contrasts sharply with that of hires from unemployment. We link our findings to the “sullying” and “cleansing” effects of recessions, uncovering a novel cleansing effect associated with employer-to-employer transitions and a sullying effect tied to employer changes through unemployment.
        KW  - Career Change
KW  - Occupational Mobility
KW  - Tasks
KW  - Business Cycles
        ER  -