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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784716603321

Autore

Devine Theresa J

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

0-19-771011-5

1-280-53335-8

0-19-536313-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KieferNicholas M. <1951->

Disciplina

331

Soggetti

Labor economics

Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a complete survey of labor economics from the search point of view, this is the first book to coordinate a vast and scattered literature, making an increasingly important and sophisticated area in modern applied economics readily accessible. Completely comprehensive, Empirical Labor Economics covers not only sequential and random search, but all stochastic models of the labor market, and treats underlying economic theory and econometric methods as needed. It examines structural search models, studies directed at particular policy questions--such as the effect of unemployment benefit