Job search requirements for older workers: the effect on reservation wages

Purpose - The goal of the paper is to investigate how reservation wages of older unemployed welfare recipients change once they are no longer subject to standard job search requirements.Design methodology approach - The authors apply a regression discontinuity design.Findings - Consistent with theor...

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Published in:International journal of manpower 2013-08, Vol.34 (5), p.517-535
Main Authors: Nivorozhkin, Anton, Romeu Gordo, Laura, Schneider, Julia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Design
Economic models
Employment
Job hunting
Labor market
Older workers
Reforms
State court decisions
Studies
Unemployment
Wages & salaries
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Summary:Purpose - The goal of the paper is to investigate how reservation wages of older unemployed welfare recipients change once they are no longer subject to standard job search requirements.Design methodology approach - The authors apply a regression discontinuity design.Findings - Consistent with theoretical predictions, the authors' findings indicate that eliminating job search requirements will tend to increase reservation wages.Practical implications - The results correspond to previous findings in the literature that monitoring leads to lower accepted wages and increased exits rates from unemployment, and that it may be a successful policy measure to keep older workers in the labor market.Originality value - Monitoring of job search effort has been shown to be an effective method of activating unemployed people, but little evidence has been found on the effect of activation measures on older workers.
ISSN:0143-7720
1758-6577
DOI:10.1108/IJM-05-2013-0114