published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 51(3), 329-358
The Scottish extension-sample of the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) is used to shed
light on differences in job mobility patterns in England and Scotland for both men and
women. Based on probit estimates of the overall mobility rate, a decomposition is applied to
distinguish between explained and unexplained differences. Furthermore, exploiting data on
the number of job changes, a zero inflated Poisson model is estimated to provide information
on possible differences in the expected number of job changes. Overall, there is evidence
that suggests significant differences in mobility patterns south and north of the Borders;
however, these are confined to men. Yet, whether this suffices to justify a heterogeneous
labour market policy for the two countries remains to be seen.
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