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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Econom. 2011 Mar 1;161(1):82–99. doi: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2010.09.008

Table 1.

National Worker and Job Reallocation Rates, by Age and Gender

Worker Reallocation Rate
 Job Reallocation Rate
Overall Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Overall Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
National
0.490 0.430 0.502 0.526 0.501 0.130 0.125 0.136 0.126 0.135
(0.018 ) (0.017 ) (0.019 ) (0.020 ) (0.017 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 )
[0.302 ] [0.321 ] [0.288 ] [0.288 ] [0.313 ] [0.349 ] [0.368 ] [0.330 ] [0.357 ] [0.342 ]
Male
0.496 0.437 0.513 0.528 0.505 0.143 0.135 0.151 0.138 0.148
(0.019 ) (0.018 ) (0.020 ) (0.021 ) (0.018 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 ) (0.008 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 )
[0.299 ] [0.314 ] [0.288 ] [0.286 ] [0.307 ] [0.343 ] [0.358 ] [0.324 ] [0.355 ] [0.334 ]
Female
0.482 0.422 0.489 0.523 0.496 0.138 0.134 0.141 0.136 0.141
(0.018 ) (0.017 ) (0.019 ) (0.020 ) (0.017 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 )
[0.313 ] [0.332 ] [0.296 ] [0.296 ] [0.328 ] [0.360 ] [0.378 ] [0.347 ] [0.360 ] [0.356 ]
Ages 14–18
1.204 0.916 1.268 1.511 1.114 0.380 0.308 0.456 0.404 0.349
(0.048 ) (0.038 ) (0.040 ) (0.077 ) (0.037 ) (0.013 ) (0.011 ) (0.018 ) (0.014 ) (0.011 )
[0.334 ] [0.353 ] [0.324 ] [0.298 ] [0.364 ] [0.363 ] [0.380 ] [0.352 ] [0.362 ] [0.359 ]
Ages 19–21
1.035 0.886 1.081 1.171 1.000 0.324 0.290 0.360 0.343 0.300
(0.030 ) (0.027 ) (0.032 ) (0.034 ) (0.028 ) (0.011 ) (0.008 ) (0.015 ) (0.012 ) (0.009 )
[0.328 ] [0.321 ] [0.314 ] [0.331 ] [0.346 ] [0.365 ] [0.374 ] [0.357 ] [0.359 ] [0.371 ]
Ages 22–24
0.766 0.671 0.787 0.836 0.768 0.264 0.248 0.277 0.271 0.259
(0.024 ) (0.022 ) (0.025 ) (0.026 ) (0.023 ) (0.009 ) (0.008 ) (0.010 ) (0.009 ) (0.008 )
[0.315 ] [0.324 ] [0.304 ] [0.306 ] [0.327 ] [0.366 ] [0.369 ] [0.364 ] [0.369 ] [0.360 ]
Ages 25–34
0.510 0.460 0.519 0.534 0.529 0.165 0.161 0.168 0.164 0.170
(0.019 ) (0.018 ) (0.019 ) (0.020 ) (0.018 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 )
[0.306 ] [0.323 ] [0.291 ] [0.293 ] [0.316 ] [0.353 ] [0.366 ] [0.341 ] [0.358 ] [0.348 ]
Ages 35–44
0.375 0.342 0.378 0.384 0.395 0.139 0.137 0.140 0.137 0.144
(0.016 ) (0.015 ) (0.016 ) (0.017 ) (0.016 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 )
[0.308 ] [0.330 ] [0.294 ] [0.291 ] [0.318 ] [0.355 ] [0.369 ] [0.338 ] [0.363 ] [0.350 ]
Ages 45–54
0.303 0.279 0.305 0.305 0.324 0.129 0.127 0.130 0.125 0.133
(0.015 ) (0.014 ) (0.015 ) (0.016 ) (0.014 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 )
[0.314 ] [0.336 ] [0.305 ] [0.292 ] [0.324 ] [0.364 ] [0.376 ] [0.348 ] [0.372 ] [0.359 ]
Ages 55–64
0.283 0.263 0.286 0.276 0.310 0.138 0.136 0.142 0.131 0.144
(0.015 ) (0.013 ) (0.015 ) (0.015 ) (0.015 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 )
[0.305 ] [0.335 ] [0.294 ] [0.278 ] [0.313 ] [0.365 ] [0.385 ] [0.346 ] [0.369 ] [0.357 ]
Ages 65–99
0.418 0.373 0.431 0.401 0.473 0.196 0.185 0.208 0.182 0.210
(0.027 ) (0.020 ) (0.024 ) (0.025 ) (0.039 ) (0.008 ) (0.008 ) (0.009 ) (0.008 ) (0.009 )
[0.271 ] [0.301 ] [0.266 ] [0.252 ] [0.263 ] [0.337 ] [0.361 ] [0.317 ] [0.342 ] [0.327 ]

Note: Computed for QWI data covering 1993Q1–2008Q3.

Each cell reports averages, standard errors (in parentheses), and effective missing data ratios (in square brackets). For computations, see text.