收入越來越低因為換工作不夠頻繁？

Young workers are earning less because they don't switch jobs enough, experts are warning.

專家稱，近來年輕職工的收入越來越低，原因就是他們換工作不夠頻繁。

Despite record growth in employment, the number of times employees move roles has fallen over the past decade, the Resolution Foundation think tank says.

決議基金會智囊團認為，在過去的十年中，雖然就業(yè)率創(chuàng)紀錄地增長，但是從業(yè)人員更換工作的次數卻減少了。

Hourly pay for 22 to 29-year-olds only recovered last year to its 2000 level, according to its report.

根據報告顯示，去年22歲至29歲從業(yè)人員的時薪只恢復到2000年的水平。

Young workers' pay would be 3% higher if job mobility had not slowed, it adds.

報告中還說，要是就業(yè)流動性沒有下降的話，年輕從業(yè)人員的薪資就能提高3%。

The Foundation's senior policy analyst Laura Gardiner said: “Frequent job moves are the main route to the rapid pay increases young people should experience as they begin their working lives, so it is a real concern that job switching slowed down for all groups, and particularly for young people, even before the recession hit.

該基金會的高級政策分析師勞拉·加德納認為，“年輕人迅速加薪的主要途徑就是頻繁更換工作，這是他們初入職場的必經之路。因此即使是在經濟衰退之前，對所有群體來說，工作更換的速度放緩下來頗讓人擔憂，尤其是年輕人。

“Unpicking the reasons why young people are staying put in their jobs for longer is crucial to understanding whether job switching can return to its previous level, or whether we are seeing a ‘new normal' of fewer job moves and subsequent slower pay growth for generations to come.”

“仔細分析年輕人在同個崗位待得時間更長，這對理解以下兩點十分重要：一是更換工作的頻率能否回到先前水平;二是隨著更換工作次數減少，下一代人薪資增長速度越來越慢，這種情況是否會變成‘新常態(tài)'。”

Less frequent job moves among young people deepened their pay squeeze by a third during the downturn, the report says.

該報告指出，在經濟大蕭條期間，由于更換工作次數的減少，年輕人的薪資比原來少了三分之一。

It could permanently slash their earnings potential in the labour market, experts fear.

針對以上情況，專家擔心這樣會長久地削弱勞動力市場中年輕群體的收入潛力。

Job mobility – the frequency at which people move from one job to another – is a strong predictor of faster earnings growth.

工作流動性，即人們更換工作的頻率，可以很好地預測人們收入增長的速度。

And the “switching premium” – the pay boost from changing jobs compared to staying put – is particularly strong for young people.

而“轉換溢價”，即換工作比待在原崗位增加收入，這點在年輕群體中表現尤為突出。

Between 2007 and 2014, pay growth among 18-29-year-olds who switched jobs was 2.7 times higher than those who stayed in their existing positions.

2007年到2014年間，在18-29歲年齡層的群體中，跳槽的人薪資增長水平比留在原有崗位工作的人高了2.7倍。

Ms Gardiner urged young workers - dubbed the “Millennial generation” - to move to earn more.

加德納女士敦促被稱為“新千年一代”的年輕職員，要多換工作來賺更多的錢。

She added: “Unless we want to see a long term scarring effect on the wages of future generations, Millennials must regain confidence and increase the frequency with which they move jobs, and firms must be more willing to take them on.”

她補充道：“我們都不愿看到下一代人在薪酬方面長期受到負面影響，所以年輕一代需要重拾信心，多換換工作，而且公司需要更樂于接納這些年輕人。”