Abstract
The transition from school to work is
typically a period in which many young
workers experience a wide range of differ-
ent jobs and experience some of their most
rapid wage growth over their working life.
Robert Hall (1982) has estimated that the
first 10 years of an individual's working ca-
reer will include approximately two-thirds
of all lifetime job changes. Robert Topel
and Michael Ward (1988) found that over
half of young male new entrants held six or
more jobs over the first 10 years of their
work experience. Only one young male
worker in twenty held a single job for 10
years in their sample. All of this suggests
that young workers' early years in the labor
market involve several employment transitions.