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Title: Equilibrium Search Models and the Transition from School to Work
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1. Bowlus, Audra Jann
Kiefer, Nicholas M.
Neumann, George R.
Equilibrium Search Models and the Transition from School to Work
International Economic Review 42,2 (May 2001): 317-343.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2648733
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Employment; Heterogeneity; High School Completion/Graduates; Job Search; Racial Differences; Transition, School to Work; Unemployment; Wage Differentials

This paper applies the Burdett-Mortensen (1998) equilibrium search model to study the school to work transitions of U.S. high school graduates. We consider the case of discrete firm heterogeneity and provide a computational method to obtain the MLE. Our results show that unemployed blacks receive fewer offers than whites and employed blacks are more likely to lose their jobs. Importantly, employed blacks and whites receive job offers at the same rate. Assigning the whites' search parameters to the blacks and re-solving reveals that 75 percent of the observed wage differential is explained by the job destruction rate differences.
Bibliography Citation
Bowlus, Audra Jann, Nicholas M. Kiefer and George R. Neumann. "Equilibrium Search Models and the Transition from School to Work." International Economic Review 42,2 (May 2001): 317-343.