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On-the-job search with match-specific amenities

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  • Albrecht, James
  • Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos
  • Vroman, Susan

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We construct an equilibrium on-the-job search model in which workers value wages and amenities. We show by example that in a standard (Burdett/Mortensen) model with a distribution of worker tastes over amenities, worker mobility need not imply equilibrium wage dispersion.

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  • Albrecht, James & Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos & Vroman, Susan, 2018. "On-the-job search with match-specific amenities," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 15-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:162:y:2018:i:c:p:15-17
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.10.013
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    Keywords

    On-the-job search; Amenities;

    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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