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Title: Is the Unemployment Rate of Women Too Low? A Direct Test of the Economic Theory of Job Search
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Sandell, Steven H. |
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Is the Unemployment Rate of Women Too Low? A Direct Test of the Economic Theory of Job Search Review of Economics and Statistics 62,4 (November 1980): 634-637. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1924792 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Harvard University Press Keyword(s): Behavior; Job Search; Local Labor Market; Unemployment; Wages; Wages, Reservation; Wives Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this analysis, job search behavior of unemployed married women is examined as well as actual observations of reported reservation wages, duration of unemployment and subsequent wage gain. Findings show women with higher reservation wages are subject to longer periods of unemployment but are rewarded with higher paying jobs. Women who lose their jobs experience longer unemployment periods than women who leave their jobs. Economic and local labor market conditions significantly affect the unemployment duration of married women. Based on financial considerations, it is found that married women could profitably spend a longer period of time on job search and thereafter, attain higher wages. Finally, the author examines possible causes for under-investment in job search activities. Note: An earlier version of this paper appeared as a July 1979 report from the Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. |
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Sandell, Steven H. "Is the Unemployment Rate of Women Too Low? A Direct Test of the Economic Theory of Job Search." Review of Economics and Statistics 62,4 (November 1980): 634-637.
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