@article {Tomkins:2000:0003-6846:193,
	author = "Tomkins J. M. and Twomey J.",
	title = "Occupational mobility in England",
	journal = "Applied Economics",
	volume = "32",
	number = "2",
	year = "2000",
	abstract = "This paper examines evidence on occupational movement in England using data from the New Earnings Panel Dataset. Although most occupations are characterized by a high degree of immobility, there is some evidence of an increase in occupational mobility between 1990 and 1994. Using a compound Poisson modelling approach for count data combined with a gravity model, the paper investigates the incentives and constraints upon aggregate movement between occupations over two time periods, 1985-90 and 1990-94. Results suggest that the responsiveness of movement into a wide range of occupations as a result of a rise in wages is relatively elastic for males and relatively inelastic for females. The paper also demonstrates that significant barriers to movement exist, which either prevent a response to market signals or inhibit the extent of that response.",
	pages = "193-209",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/raef/2000/00000032/00000002/art00008"
}