Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58868 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6366
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We construct a simple equilibrium search model in which workers accumulate information about previously met employment contacts. We term the latter search capital. Here search capital (partially) insures workers against adverse shocks. The model provides a theory of job-to-job transitions that are associated with voluntary or involuntary mobility and with wage rises or wage cuts. It also shows why low wage and younger workers are associated with a higher probability of becoming unemployed.
Subjects: 
search capital
turnover
wage cuts
JEL: 
J62
J63
J64
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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