Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161291 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10668
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A wide class of models with On-the-Job Search (OJS) predicts that workers gradually select into better-paying jobs. We develop a simple methodology to test predictions implied by OJS using two sources of identification: (i) time-variation in job-finding rates and (ii) the time since the last lay-off. Conditional on the termination date of the job, job duration should be distributed uniformly. This methodology is applied to the NLSY 79. We find remarkably strong support for all implications. The standard deviation of the wage offer distribution is about 15%. OJS accounts for 30% of the experience profile, 9% of total wage dispersion and an average wage loss of 11% following a lay-off.
Subjects: 
on-the-job search
wage dispersion
job duration
JEL: 
J31
J63
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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