Wage aspirations and unemployment persistence

Arbeitspapier

The reservation wage is an integral part of most theories of involuntary unemployment. We use panel data to examine the empirical determinants of the reservation wage - in particular the inßuence of previous wages - and consider what this implies for the evolution of the natural rate of unemployment. We Þnd that previous wages have a signiÞcant but relatively small effect on reservation wages (an elasticity between 0.15 and 0.47). We also Þnd considerable differences across genders with previous wages being more important for men and market wages being more important for women. Overall our results suggest that unemployment will adjust relatively quickly to shocks.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; No. WP03/10

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
• Subject: Unemployment Duration ; Wages ; Dauer ; Lohn ; Natürliche Arbeitslosigkeit ; Großbritannien ; Unfreiwillige Arbeitslosigkeit

Contributors, Location and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hogan, Vincent
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University College Dublin, Department of Economics
• (where): Dublin
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/72396
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