We test the hypothesis that locus of control - one's perception of control over events in life - influences search by … affecting beliefs about the efficacy of search effort in a laboratory experiment. We find that reservation offers and effort are … search. -- locus of control ; reservation wages ; labor market search ; experiment …

We test the hypothesis that locus of control – one's perception of control over events in life – influences search by … affecting beliefs about the efficacy of search effort in a laboratory experiment. We find that reservation offers and effort are …

randomized field experiment with detailed register data and a panel of repeated surveys. The tested coaching program, focused on … be important for program success. The experiment shows that evaluation designs which directly assess behavior can provide …

This paper's objective is to design a laboratory experiment to explore the effect of ambiguity on a subject's search …

-time-search laboratory experiment. The controlled environment that subjects face is stationary, and the payoff-maximizing reservation wage is …

-time-search laboratory experiment. The controlled environment that subjects face is stationary, and the payoff-maximizing reservation wage is … experimentally and econometrically. -- Job search ; consumer search ; reservation wage ; experiment …

model. Third, we run an experiment to test the model's main predictions in a context where the researcher knows the true …