@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8889, author={Cockx, Bart and Ghirelli, Corinna}, title={Scars of Recessions in a Rigid Labor Market}, year={2015}, month={Feb}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={8889}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8889}, abstract={We study the impact of graduating in a recession in Flanders (Belgium), i.e. in a rigid labor market. In the presence of a high minimum wage, a typical recession hardly influences the hourly wage of low educated men, but reduces working time and earnings by about 4.5% up to twelve years after graduation. For the high educated, the working time is not persistently affected, but the penalty on the hourly wage (and earnings) increases with experience, and attains roughly -6% ten years after labor market entry. We also contribute to the literature on inference with few clusters.}, keywords={cluster robust;graduating;labor market rigidity;recession;scars;few clusters}, }