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- Title
SEARCH EFFORT AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE RECONSIDERED.
- Authors
Tannery, Frederick J.
- Abstract
The article reconsiders a model of job search developed by John Barron and Wesley Mellow (B-M) and their estimate of a search function in which unemployment insurance (UI) benefits play a key role. B-M show and empirically support, that search effort decreases concomitantly with the familiar increase in reservation wages when UI benefits are raised. The article claims that the theoretical conclusions of B-M are altered if one assumes a more general relationship between the search inputs in their model. The analysis of data reveals that UI appears to increase the intensity of an individual's search.
- Subjects
UNEMPLOYMENT insurance; BARRON, John; MELLOW, Wesley; RESERVATION wage; INSURANCE; INCOME maintenance programs; UNEMPLOYMENT; SUPPLEMENTAL unemployment benefits; WAGES
- Publication
Journal of Human Resources, 1983, Vol 18, Issue 3, p432
- ISSN
0022-166X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/145211