The empirical content of the job search model: Labor mobility and wage distributions in Europe and the US

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 877-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégory Jolivet ◽  
Fabien Postel-Vinay ◽  
Jean-Marc Robin
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Labor Mobility ◽  
Search Model ◽  
Empirical Content ◽  
The Us ◽  
Wage Distributions

scholarly journals Social Connections and Racial Wage Inequality

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas H Tenev
Keyword(s):  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Search Model ◽  
Black Workers ◽  
The Us ◽  
Racial Wage Gap ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Individual Human

How much of the wage gap between black workers and others in the US owes to differences in jobs found through social connections? Panel data from the NLSY79 are used to estimate a job search model in which individual human capital is distinguished from social capital by comparing the wages and frequency of jobs found directly with those of jobs found through friends. Jobs found through friends tend to pay more, but this premium is lower for black workers; the difference can account for 10% of the racial wage gap.

An Empirical Equilibrium Job Search Model With Search on the Job and Heterogeneous Workers and Firms

1999 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1039-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Bontemps ◽  
Jean-Marc Robin ◽  
Gerard J. Van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Search Model

scholarly journals Searching For Better Prospects: Endogenizing Falling Job Tenure and Private Pension Coverage

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leora Friedberg ◽  
Michael T Owyang ◽  
Tara M Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Search Costs ◽  
Private Pension ◽  
Search Model ◽  
Defined Benefit ◽  
Job Tenure ◽  
Relative Wages ◽  
Pension Coverage ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
General Conditions

Abstract Recent declines in job tenure have coincided with a shift away from traditional defined benefit (DB) pensions, which reward long tenure. New evidence also points to an increase in job-to-job movements by workers, and we document gains in relative wages of job-to-job movers over a similar period. We develop a search model in which firms may offer tenure-based contracts like DB pensions to reduce the incidence of costly on-the-job search by workers. Either reduced search costs or an increase in the probability of job matches can, under fairly general conditions, lower the value of deterring search and the use of DB pensions.

scholarly journals AN ON-THE-JOB SEARCH MODEL OF CRIME, INEQUALITY, AND UNEMPLOYMENT*

2004 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 681-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Burdett ◽  
Ricardo Lagos ◽  
Randall Wright1
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Search Model
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