The Reservation Wage Curve: Evidence from the UK

We investigate the relationship between an individuals' reservation wage, i.e. the lowest wage acceptable in order to enter into employment, and unemployment in the local area district. Largely unexplored in the literature this adds to the work which has examined the association between employee wages and unemployment – the 'wage curve'.

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Year of publication:	2014-10
Authors:	Brown, Sarah ; Taylor, Karl
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	unemployment \| reservation wages \| wage curve

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	published in: Economics Letters, 2015,126, 22-24 Number 8519 11 pages
Classification:	J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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