Job change is a decision under uncertainty: It is associated with costs whereas the decision is made without full knowledge about future benefits. In order to investigate the relationship between willingness to take risks and job mobility, we first extend a model for on-the-job search with...

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between individuals' willingness to take risk and job mobility during the early career. Job change is a risky decision since it involves substantial costs without entirely foreseeing the benefits at the time the decision is made. We incorporate risk...

Job change is a decision under uncertainty: It is associated with costs whereas the decision is made without full knowledge about future benefits. In order to investigate the relationship between willingness to take risks and job mobility, we first extend a model for on-the-job search with...