TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Schwerdt, Guido
AU  - Ichino, Andrea
AU  - Ruf, Oliver
AU  - Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
AU  - Zweimüller, Josef
        TI  - Does the Color of the Collar Matter? Firm Specific Human Capital and Post-Displacement Outcomes
        PY  - 2008/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3617
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3617
        AB  - We investigate whether the costs of job displacement differ between blue collar and white collar workers. In the short run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger for white collar workers. In the long run, there are only weak effects for blue collar workers but strong and persistent effects for white collars. This is consistent with the idea that firm-specific human capital and internal labor markets are more important in white-collar than in blue collar jobs.
        KW  - plant closures
KW  - firm specific human capital
KW  - matching
        ER  -