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Key Elasticities in Job Search Theory: International Evidence

Authors 
John T. Addison
Publication Year 
2004
JEL Code 
J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Abstract 
This paper exploits the informational value of search theory, after Lancaster and Chesher (1983), in conjunction with survey data on the unemployed to calculate key reservation wage and duration elasticities for most EU-15 nations.
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