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  • Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos

    () (University of Essex)

  • Smith, Eric

    () (University of Essex)

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We construct a simple equilibrium search model in which workers accumulate information about previously met employment contacts. We term the latter search capital. Here search capital (partially) insures workers against adverse shocks. The model provides a theory of job-to-job transitions that are associated with voluntary or involuntary mobility and with wage rises or wage cuts. It also shows why low wage and younger workers are associated with a higher probability of becoming unemployed.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 6366.

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Length: 9 pages
Date of creation: Feb 2012
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Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp6366

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Keywords: search capital; turnover; wage cuts;

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  1. Stewart, Mark, 2006. "The Inter-related Dynamics of Unemployment and Low-Wage Employment," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 741, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
  2. Helen Connolly & Peter Gottschalk, 2008. "Wage Cuts as Investment in Future Wage Growth," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 22(1), pages 1-22, 03.
  3. Éva Nagypál, 2006. "On the extent of job-to-job transitions," 2006 Meeting Papers 10, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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  6. Jolivet, Gregory & Postel-Vinay, Fabien & Robin, Jean-Marc, 2006. "The empirical content of the job search model: Labor mobility and wage distributions in Europe and the US," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 50(4), pages 877-907, May.
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  1. Search Capital
    by Christian Zimmermann in NEP-DGE blog on 2012-03-09 16:36:45

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