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- Title
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED JOB SEARCH BEHAVIOR.
- Authors
Blau, David M.
- Abstract
This paper analyzes the job search activities of employed and unemployed job seekers using self-reported data from a 1980 survey. One novel finding from reduced form equations is that many searchers, both employed and unemployed, rejected at least one offer before accepting a job. The reduced form results are used to estimate reservation wages based on a fairly standard model of job search. Most of the job searchers accepted a job offer with a wage below the estimated reservation wage, suggesting that the model does not fit the data well.
- Subjects
WAGES; JOB hunting; UNEMPLOYED people; EMPLOYEE selection; LABOR supply; PERSONNEL management
- Publication
ILR Review, 1992, Vol 45, Issue 4, p738
- ISSN
0019-7939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/001979399204500409