Job Search by Unemployed Women : Determinants of the Asking Wage. Revised / Steven H. Sandell.

A study used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of 5,083 women who were thirty to forty-four years old in 1967 to investigate factors relating to the determination of the asking wage. Among the findings of the study was that unemployed women substantially reduce their reservation wages as th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandell, Steven H.
Corporate Author: Ohio State University. Center for Human Resource Research
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
Subjects:
Females.
Job Applicants.
Labor Force.
Labor Force Nonparticipants.
Models.
National Surveys.
Salaries.
Trend Analysis.
Unemployment.
Wages.
Work Attitudes.
Opinion Papers.
Reports, Research.
Genre:
Opinion Papers.
Reports, Research.
Physical Description:33 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
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Summary:
A study used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of 5,083 women who were thirty to forty-four years old in 1967 to investigate factors relating to the determination of the asking wage. Among the findings of the study was that unemployed women substantially reduce their reservation wages as the period of unemployment progresses. Findings indicated that the average women reduces her asking wage by 4.5 to 6.6 cents per week of unemployment. It was also found that women who receive unemployment benefits have substantially higher asking wages. (A simple model of the asking wage of women is outlined and discussed.) (LRA)
Note:Availability: Center for Human Resource Research, College of Administrative Science, The Ohio State University, 5701 N. High Street, Worthington, OH 43085 ($0.80).
Sponsoring Agency: Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC.
Microform.
Call Number:ED181272 Microfiche
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.