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Labor Market Frictions and Moving Costs of the Employed and Unemployed
Ransom, Tyler - 2019
This paper examines the role of labor market frictions and moving costs in explaining the migration behavior of US … estimate a dynamic model of individual labor supply and migration decisions. The model incorporates a reduced-form search model … and allows for migration for non-market reasons. My estimates show that moving costs are substantial and that labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005840
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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009
in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269464
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Reservation wages of first and second generation migrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2010
This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that reservation wages increase from first to second generation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278738
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Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
Goel, Deepti; Lang, Kevin - 2016
In this paper we highlight a specific mechanism through which social networks help in job search. We characterize the strength of a network by its likelihood of providing a job offer. Using a theoretical model we show that the wage differential in jobs found using networks versus those found...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494314
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Search Costs and the Determinants of Job Search
Beam, Emily A. - 2020
This paper examines how individuals select into job search in terms of their individual qualifications and perceptions and measures how recruiting additional applicants with a modest job-search subsidy affects selection. I use experimental evidence to examine individuals' decisions to attend and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322592
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Social ties and the job search of recent immigrants
Goel, Deepti; Lang, Kevin - 2016
In this paper we highlight a specific mechanism through which social networks help in job search. We characterize the strength of a network by its likelihood of providing a job offer. Using a theoretical model we show that the wage differential in jobs found using networks versus those found...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476500
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Reservation wages of first- and second-generation migrants
Constant, Amelie; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - In: Applied economics letters 24 (2017) 13/15, pp. 945-949
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715162
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Search costs and the determinants of job search
Beam, Emily A. - 2020
This paper examines how individuals select into job search in terms of their individual qualifications and perceptions and measures how recruiting additional applicants with a modest job-search subsidy affects selection. I use experimental evidence to examine individuals' decisions to attend and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296667
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Social ties and the job search of recent immigrants
Goel, Deepti; Lang, Kevin - In: ILR review : a publication of the New York State School … 72 (2019) 2, pp. 355-381
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011981281
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Labor market frictions and moving costs of the employed and unemployed
Ransom, Tyler - 2019
This paper examines the role of labor market frictions and moving costs in explaining the migration behavior of US … estimate a dynamic model of individual labor supply and migration decisions. The model incorporates a reduced-form search model … and allows for migration for non-market reasons. My estimates show that moving costs are substantial and that labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978361