Title of article
Joint-searchtheory:Newopportunitiesandnewfrictions
Author/Authors
Bulent Guler، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Pages
18
From page
352
To page
369
Abstract
The job-searchproblemofcouplesdiffersinsignificantwaysfromthatofsingles.We
characterizethereservationwagestrategiesofacouplethatperfectlypoolsincometo
understandtheramificationsofjointsearchforindividuallabormarketoutcomes.Two
cases areanalyzed.First,whencouplesareriskaverseandpoolincome,jointsearch
yieldsnewopportunitiesrelativetosingle-agentsearch.Second,whenspousesreceive
job offersfrommultiplelocationsandincuracostwhenlivingapart,jointsearch
featuresnewfrictionsandcanleadtoworseoutcomesthansingle-agentsearch.
Journal title
Journal of Monetary Economics
Serial Year
2012
Journal title
Journal of Monetary Economics
Record number
846526
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