Anspruchslohn und Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland (Reservation wage and unemployment in Germany)Björn Christensen Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 2003, vol. 36, issue 4, pages 573-598 Abstract: For the integration of unemployed persons into the first labour market, the reservation wage of the unemployed plays an important role. It is the wage level from which the unemployed person is prepared to accept a job offer. The paper examines the level and the determinants of reservation wages ascertained in the socio-economic panel (GSOEP 2000). Reservation wages in Germany are on average above wages before unemployment and very high in international comparison. It seems that unemployed take their last wage rate before unemployment as a guideline and reduce wage demands only slightly with longer unemployment. Unemployed people with low incomes before unemployment show a clearly higher relative reservation wage than unemployed people with a high former income - due to the small wage gap by the relatively high transfer incomes. Individual personal characteristics are most important, not macro-economic factors of influence. (IAB2) Keywords: Arbeitslose - Einstellungen; Lohnanspruch; Einkommenserwartung - Determinanten; Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iab:iabmit:v:36:i:4:p:573-598 Access Statistics for this article Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung is edited by ZAF-Redaktion More articles in Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] |
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