We present an equilibrium model with inter-linked labour and marriage markets, and argue that search frictions play an … affects their job search behaviour, which in turn can lead to marital wage gaps ranked across productivities. Male …/female heterogeneity and marital classes, we also carry out the first empirical test of the role of search frictions in generating the male …

We present an equilibrium model with inter-linked labour and marriage markets, and argue that search frictions play an … affects their job search behaviour, which in turn can lead to marital wage gaps ranked across productivities. Male …/female heterogeneity and marital classes, we also carry out the first empirical test of the role of search frictions in generating the male …

that the case for imposing a penalty on less active job search is fairly solid. A growing number of empirical studies …

monitoring and sanctions restores search incentives most effectively, since it brings additional incentives to search actively so …