The Workers' Value of the Remaining Employment Contract Duration

We introduce and apply a method for estimating workers' marginal willingness to pay for job attributes employing data on job search activity. Worker's willingness to pay for the remaining duration of the employment contract is derived. We provide evidence that workers attach substantial value to the remaining contract duration. A temporary worker with a remaining contract of six months is willing to pay about 10% of the monthly wage to increase the contract by one month.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Ommeren, Jos Van ; Hazans, Mihails
Publisher:	Amsterdam and Rotterdam : Tinbergen Institute
Subject:	Suchtheorie \| Arbeitsvertrag \| Dauer \| Befristete Beschäftigung \| Theorie \| On-the-job search \| Job attributes \| Contract duration \| Temporary job

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Series:	Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; 05-069/3
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	837169658 [GVK] hdl:10419/86566 [Handle] RePEc:dgr:uvatin:20050069 [RePEc]
Classification:	J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs ; J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies
Source:	EconStor

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