Relative efficiencies and comparative advantages in job search

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Belzil, C
• 署名单位: Aarhus University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/209807
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 154-173
• 关键词: model; TRANSITION; work

摘要

A model of employed and unemployed job search is estimated from a panel of new entrants into the labor force as well as prime-age workers. After investigating the relative efficiency of the two main search methods within a representative agent framework, I estimate the model under a specification that encompasses comparative advantages using the quit/layoff distinction and pretransition earnings. Overall, the data indicate that unemployed search is slightly more effective for younger workers and, particularly, for those with low earnings but significantly less effective than employed search for mature workers.