Empirical labor economics : the search approach / Theresa J. Devine, Nicholas M. Kiefer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Devine, Theresa J., author.

Kiefer, Nicholas M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume defines the economics of search, which has become a part of the standard graduate curriculum. The concept deals with the costs and benefits to individual workers - either employed or unemployed - of seeking a job with the highest possible pay.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 2 The Search Framework: Theory; 3 The Search Framework: Econometrics; 4 Direct Evidence on Reservation Wages; 5 Unemployment Duration and Wage Data; 6 Labor Market Histories; 7 Search Strategies and Arrival Rates; 8 On-the-Job Search and Matching; 9 Experimental Studies; 10 How the Other Half Searches: Evidence from the Demand Side of the Labor Market; 11 Conclusions; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p309-333. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-333) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771011-5

1-280-53335-8

0-19-536313-2

OCLC:

252604468