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Factors influencing the reservation wage of unemployed workers in the South Otago region
… the major factors expected to influence the reservation wage setting behaviour of unemployed workers. The hypotheses examined in this thesis are: 1. That income earned in the underground economy leads to an increase in the reservation wages of the unemployed; and 2. That the unemployment …
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An endogenous search model and its applications
… how the presence of young children affects the reservation wage and the escape rate from unemployment of female workers, and the gender wage gap between male and female workers. By its empirical work, the thesis tries to broaden the range of application of the job search theory. The empirical …
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The Differential Impact of Welfare Reform in Non-metropolitan and Metropolitan Areas of Virginia
… and metropolitan labor markets by estimating wage and reservation wage equations for female household heads in Northern and Southwest Virginia. The results suggest young children and lack of access to automobiles create significantly greater barriers to employment in non-metropolitan than …
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Empirical essays on job search behavior, active labor market policies, and propensity score balancing methods
… network are also expected to have a higher reservation wage than unemployed with a small network. The model-theoretic predictions are tested and confirmed empirically. It is found that the search behavior of unemployed is significantly affected by the presence of social contacts, with larger …
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Optimal tenure choice and collusive behavior in contract negotiation models
… and the employer does not know the applicant's reservation wage. I compare linear bid strategy equilibria between the cases where the applicant is uninformed of his productivity and where he is informed. I find that the payoff to the applicant is higher if he is informed. He is thus willing to …