The empirical content of the job search model: Labor mobility and wage distributions in Europe and the US

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 877-907

  Jolivet, Grégory ^a   Postel Vinay, Fabien ^b,c   Robin, Jean Marc ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CREST   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job mobility; Labor market frictions; Wage distributions; Wage dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; MODELING; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646179422     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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