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Author: Carr, Timothy J.
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A Comparative Study of the Duration of Unemployment of Young and Middle-Aged Men Final Report, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1979 Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Behavior; Job Search; Unemployment; Unemployment Compensation; Wages, Reservation A number of hypotheses concerning the job search behavior of unemployed workers are tested in this study. The empirical literature on unemployment is reviewed and data from the NLS of Young Men (aged 14 to 24 in l966) and Older Men (aged 45-59) are analyzed. Variables examined include: duration of search, return to search, wage offer level, probability of receiving an offer, search cost, and length of horizon. The unemployment duration model and the acceptance wage model are presented and discussed in terms of these variables. Transition rate (i.e., the probability of moving from unemployed to employed status) is analyzed. Findings are summarized both from a policy perspective and as an indication of the efficacy of the hypotheses tested, and directions for future research are suggested. |
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Bibliography Citation
Carr, Timothy J. "A Comparative Study of the Duration of Unemployment of Young and Middle-Aged Men." Final Report, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1979. |
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Carr, Timothy J. |
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An Analysis of the Duration of Unemployment Proceedings, Business and Economic Statistics Section, American Statistical Association (1977): 644-648 Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: American Statistical Association Keyword(s): Job Search; Unemployment Duration; Wages, Reservation This study presents an empirical test of a simple job search model where search continues until a job offer matches the searcher's previously established reservation wage. The results provide support for the model and as such conflict with other reservation wage studies which establish a negative relationship between reservation wages and the duration of unemployment. The study fits spell of unemployment data to a Weibull distribution and tests its hypotheses by examining the parameters of the distribution. |
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Bibliography Citation
Carr, Timothy J. "An Analysis of the Duration of Unemployment." Proceedings, Business and Economic Statistics Section, American Statistical Association (1977): 644-648.
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