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higher education graduates. On average, accepted wages are almost 8% higher than reservation wages, but there is no fixed …
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higher realized wages and not more matches, because the scale effects on matches are offset by the response of reservation … wages. …
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questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual … models. We discuss estimation, policy evaluation with the estimated model, equilibrium model versions, and the decomposition …
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longer than other individuals at the same educational level. Females appear to have lower reservation wages when entering the … labour market (shorter search time and lower wages). They also stay in the first job longer than males do. The search …
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It is argued that migration from Mexico to the US and its corresponding return migration are determined by international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model of job search, savings and migration to show that job turnover is a crucial determinant of the migration process....
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This paper presents findings from a survey of 6,025 unemployed workers who were interviewed every week for up to 24 weeks in the fall of 2009 and spring of 2010. Our main findings are: (1) the amount of time devoted to job search declines sharply over the spell of unemployment; (2) the...
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among unemployed workers. By raising workers' reservation wages, unemployment benefits should contribute to both prolonged … benefits on both unemployment duration and post-unemployment wages. Based on panel data from the Survey of Income and Program … positive UI effects on post-unemployment wages are stronger in the German data. In any event, the empirical estimates for the …
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Using unique Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and 1989, this paper compares the wage structure across generations of Mexican-origin men. I find that the sizable earnings advantage U.S.-born Mexican Americans enjoy over Mexican immigrants arises not just from intergenerational...
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process in the United States over the 1967-2000 period. Using compensation per hour as the measure of wages, we specify a … productivity growth, and an additional set of labor market variables. The results do not reject the hypothesis that real wages and …
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United States, by constructing nonparametric bounds for the average and quantile treatment effects of the program on wages …. Our preferred estimates point toward convincing evidence of positive effects of JC on wages both at the mean and …. Furthermore, we find that the program's effect on wages varies across quantiles and groups. Blacks likely experience larger …
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