Wage inequality, reservation wages and labor market participation: Testing the implications of a search-theoretical model with regional data

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-151

  Möller, Joachim ^a   Aldashev, Alisher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Median preserving spread; Participation behavior in regional labor markets; Reservation wage; Search models; Spatial econometrics; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; GENDER; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EID: 34147151667     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017606298431     Document Type: Article

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