Do Reservation Wages Really Decline? Some International Evidence on the Determinants of Reservation Wages
JOURNAL
YEAR
Sep 21, 2009
TYPE
Articles in journals
AUTHORS
Centeno, M., Addison, J., Portugal, P.
VOL Nº
30
PAGES
7
ABSTRACT
Using cross-country data, we investigate the determinants of reservation wages and their course over the jobless spell. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model, repeated observations on the same individual provide scant evidence of declining reservation wages.
JEL CLASS
KEYWORDS
Reservation wages,Probability of reemployment,Unemployment benefits,Arrival rate of job offers