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...

This paper estimates a structural model of job search which accounts for utility costs and benefits linked to mandatory reemployment programs. The estimation uses data from a randomized experiment which generates exogenous variation in the threat of program participation. I use the compensating...

Evidence suggests that acquiring human capital is related to better life outcomes, yet young peoples' decisions to invest in or stop acquiring human capital are still poorly understood. We investigate the role of time and reference-dependent preferences in such decisions. Using a data set that...

Evidence suggests that acquiring human capital is related to better life outcomes, yet young peoples' decisions to invest in or stop acquiring human capital are still poorly understood. We investigate the role of time and reference-dependent preferences in such decisions. Using a data set that...