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Title: Job Search by Unemployed Women: Determinants of the Asking Wage
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Sandell, Steven H. |
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Job Search by Unemployed Women: Determinants of the Asking Wage Industrial and Labor Relations Review 33,3 (April 1980): 368-378. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2522573 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Cornell University Press Keyword(s): Behavior; Husbands, Income; Job Search; Unemployment; Unemployment Insurance; Wages, Reservation; Wives This study uses actual observations of women's reservation wages to show that the behavior of unemployed women is consistent with the predictions of the job-search paradigm. Using a two-stage least squares procedure to estimate the model, those variables reflecting wage expectations and unemployment duration are generally statistically significant in the anticipated directions. In particular, one of the most striking findings shows that unemployed women significantly reduce their reservation wages as the unemployment period progresses. In addition, women who receive unemployment insurance benefits request substantially higher wages. Overall, the results show that these women are committed to finding work and thus respond to economic incentives in their job search behavior. |
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Sandell, Steven H. "Job Search by Unemployed Women: Determinants of the Asking Wage." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 33,3 (April 1980): 368-378.
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