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School Leavers and the Search for Employment

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  • Main, Brian G M
  • Shelly, Michael A

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A search theoretic model due to Tony Lancaster and Andrew Chesher (1983) is utilized to provide estimates of the elasticity of young jo b seekers' reservation wages with respect to benefit levels and with respect to the rate of arrival of job offers. The elasticity of the probability of exit from unemployment is also estimated with respect to the same parameters. Evidence is found to suggest that the refusal of job offers is no greater a source unemployment among school leavers than among other groups. The results are, however, sensitive to distributional assumptions. Copyright 1988 by Royal Economic Society.

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  • Main, Brian G M & Shelly, Michael A, 1988. "School Leavers and the Search for Employment," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(3), pages 487-504, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxecpp:v:40:y:1988:i:3:p:487-504
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    1. K.G. Willis, 1990. "Mid-Wales: Choosing the Right Perspectives," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 27(3), pages 449-454, June.
    2. van den Berg, Gerard J., 1995. "Explicit expressions for the reservation wage path and the unemployment duration density in nonstationary job search models," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 187-198, June.

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