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What Determines the Reservation Wages of Unemployed Workers? New Evidence From German Micro Data / Eswar Prasad.

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Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Prasad, Eswar S., 1965-
Series:
IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/004
IMF Working Papers
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (23 pages)
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between reservation wages of unemployed workers and macroeconomic factors--including the unemployment rate and generosity of the unemployment compensation system--as well as individual-specific determinants, such as human capital proxies and length of unemployment spell. The longitudinal dataset provides an interesting perspective on how reservation wages change over time and how they correlate with accepted wage offers for workers who move from unemployment to employment. The findings shed light on the disincentive effects of the German tax and transfer system for the employment decisions of unemployed workers at different skill levels.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9786613784001
9781462358182
1462358187
9781452745268
1452745269
9781281603319
1281603317
9781451890389
1451890389

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