1st Edition

Empirical Methods for the Study of Labour Force Dynamics

By Kenneth Wolpin Copyright 1995
104 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

In the last twenty years there has been an explosion of economic research on labor force dynamics; the movement of individuals between labor force states. This book focuses on the methods by which behavioral theories of labor force dynamics have been empirically implemented. Most attention is paid to the partial equilibrium two-state transitional model of job search behavior. That model is the... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Two-State Job Search Model; Chapter 3 The Three-State Job Search Model; Chapter 4 Job Turnover and the Wage-Tenure Relationship; Chapter 5 A General Framework for Estimable Models of Labor Force Dynamics; Chapter 6 Concluding Remarks;

Biography

Kenneth I. Wolpin University of Pennsylvania USA