TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of savings on reservation wages and search effort
AU - Lammers, M.
N1 - PT: J; NR: 23; TC: 0; J9: LABOUR ECON; PG: 16; GA: AG4ZW; UT: WOS:000335429900007
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper discusses the interrelations among wealth, reservation wages and search effort. A theoretical job search model predicts wealth to affect reservation wages positively, and search effort negatively. Subsequently, reduced form equations for reservation wages and search intensity take these theoretical results to the data. The data used is a Dutch panel, containing detailed information on individual wealth and income, subjective reservation wages and proxies for search effort. The main empirical results show that wealth has a significantly positive effect on reservation wages of both household heads and spouses, and a significantly negative effect on the search effort of household heads. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
AB - This paper discusses the interrelations among wealth, reservation wages and search effort. A theoretical job search model predicts wealth to affect reservation wages positively, and search effort negatively. Subsequently, reduced form equations for reservation wages and search intensity take these theoretical results to the data. The data used is a Dutch panel, containing detailed information on individual wealth and income, subjective reservation wages and proxies for search effort. The main empirical results show that wealth has a significantly positive effect on reservation wages of both household heads and spouses, and a significantly negative effect on the search effort of household heads. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
U2 - 10.1016/j.labeco.2014.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.labeco.2014.03.001
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 83
EP - 98
JO - Labour Economics
JF - Labour Economics
SN - 0927-5371
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