Specific human capital and wait unemployment

A displaced worker might rationally prefer to wait through a long spell of unemployment instead of seeking employment at a lower wage in a job he is not trained for. I evaluate this trade-off using micro data on displaced workers. To achieve identification, I exploit the fact that the more a worker...

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Volume:	37
Main Author:	Herz, Benedikt
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	CHICAGO The University of Chicago Press 2019 UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
published in:	Journal of labor economics Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 467 - 508
Data of publication:	2019
ISSN:	0734-306X 1537-5307
EISSN:	1537-5307
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Matching Lohnhöhe USA Qualifikation Berufliche Reintegration Arbeitslosigkeit Wiederbeschäftigung Erwartung Arbeitsuche Arbeitsloser Dauer Arbeitsplatzwahl Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Industrial Relations & Labor REGRESSION MISMATCH SEARCH INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES LAYOFFS WAGES RISE DURATION
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