"On-the-job search and wage dispersion: New evidence from time use data"
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Economics Letters,
2010
Volume: 109
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Pages: 124-127
Publication type: Journal article
Research Archive Topic: Business Economics and Public Policy, Corporate Finance
Abstract
This paper provides new evidence on time devoted to job search by the employed in the U.S. I find that search effort decreases with the current wage, with an elasticity between −0.7 and −1.3.
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