Data from two Canadian surveys showed that only 32% of dislocated workers had unionized jobs before displacement; their wage loss represented about 80% of wages lost by all displaced workers surveyed. Losing union status was associated with large wage losses regardless of whether they switched industries. (SK)

Using data from the 1984 Displaced Worker Survey, the authors model determinants of time without work for a sample of workers laid off because of plant shutdowns. They focus on the role of advance notification. Advance notification significantly reduced duration of unemployment of workers who did not draw unemployment benefits. (Author/CH)

Describes the community-wide effects on employment, earnings, and labor mobility of the severe employment declines that occurred in Buffalo, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1960s. Discusses policy implications. (JOW)

Analysis of data from 2,542 respondents in the 1988 Displaced Workers Survey assessed the effects of written advance notice of plant closings on reemployment and earnings. Results suggest that notification was effective in reducing earnings losses and the probability of unemployment only when received two months before the plant closing. (SK)

Data from the Displaced Worker Surveys appear to show that those who got advance notice are more likely to avoid unemployment, but if unemployed, they tend to remain so longer. Analysis suggests a measurement error as the cause. Although notified workers have more time to conduct a job search, their predisplacement search is not necessarily…

Analysis of Displaced Workers Surveys suggests that between 1983-97, the likelihood of job loss declined among most age groups but rose for middle-aged/older workers relative to younger workers. Changes in educational attainment and industry shifts were contributing factors. Probability of displacement increased significantly for service workers.…

Analysis of data from the Displaced Worker Survey 1988 showed that (1) longer written notice more than doubled the proportion of white-collar workers who move directly to new employment; (2) informal notice improves male white-collar workers' chances of avoiding unemployment and reduces male blue-collar workers' average spell of unemployment. (SK)

A literature review shows that job displacement is widespread, peaks during economic downturns, and is concentrated in states and industries that are doing poorly. Displaced workers experience more nonemployment than do nondisplaced workers and their earning losses are large and persistent. Outcomes for all displaced workers are heavily influenced…

Using a sample of workers displaced by plant closings, a study attempted to reduce error bias in estimates of unions' effect on earnings. When estimations use the entire sample, longitudinal estimates are similar to those of cross-sectional regressions. When skill groups are estimated separately, unions have a positive effect for workers with low…

Canadian Displaced Workers Survey data indicate that group advance-notice laws, which apply to large-scale layoffs, reduced the length of displaced workers' joblessness. Individual notice laws had little effect, perhaps because laid-off workers whose plants remain open may expect to be rehired and therefore delay job search. (SK)

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data indicate that earnings losses were large for the first 3 years after displacement, but for young adults they were short lived. After 5 years, shortfall in earnings was 9% for men and 12.5% for women. For older workers, losses represent actual, immediate earnings losses; for younger workers, loss of…

Two samples of Trade Adjustment Assistance Program participants before and after 1988 program changes were studied. The program served workers who were permanently displaced and suffered significant earnings losses, but there was no evidence that training affected earnings three years after initial unemployment. (SK)

This study examined the impact of local labor market conditions on the financial losses of dislocated manufacturing workers. It found that strong overall growth in the local economy reduced economic losses of white collar workers but not of blue collar workers. (JOW)

Investigates how the increased use of computers affects clerical and managerial employment. The author finds that the net effect of computers in 1972-1978 was to depress the employment of clerks and managers substantially, but that the pattern over time supports the bureaucratic reorganization hypothesis. (Author/CT)