Krueger, Alan B.; Mueller, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity … between -1.6 and -2.2; 4) the predicted wage is a strong predictor of time devoted to job search, with an elasticity in excess …. A nonparametric Monte Carlo technique suggests that the relationship between job search effort and the duration of …