This paper analyzes the process of entry of highly skilled immigrants into the Israeli labor market, using panel data on several cohorts of recent immigrants from the former USSR. The study develops and estimates an on-the-job search model, cast as a finite horizon, discrete choice dynamic...

This paper analyzes the process of entry of highly skilled immigrants into the Israeli labor market, using panel data on several cohorts of recent immigrants from the former USSR. The study develops and estimates an on-the-job search model, cast as a finite horizon, discrete choice dynamic...

Do government provided training programs benefit the participants and the society? We address this question in the context of female immigrants who first learn the new language and then choose between working or attending government provided training. Although theoretically training may have...

This paper analyzes the labor mobility and human capital accumulation of male immigrants who moved from the former Soviet Union to Israel. We formulate an estimable dynamic choice model for employment and training in blue and white-collar occupations, where the labor market randomly offered...

This paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to empirically analyze labor supply questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual characteristics. The starting points of the literature are...