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Job Mobility and the Market for Lawyers

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  • Sauer, R.M.

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This paper studies the life cycle career choices of several cohorts of law school graduates from the University of Michigan. The model assumes that thses graduates act according to the optimal solution of a dynamic optimization problem in which they sequentially choose among five employment sectors.

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  • Sauer, R.M., 1996. "Job Mobility and the Market for Lawyers," Papers 28-96, Tel Aviv.
    • Handle: RePEc:fth:teavfo:28-96
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    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations

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