The Reservation Wage Curve: Evidence from the UK

Sarah Brown () and Karl Taylor

No 8519, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We investigate the relationship between an individuals' reservation wage, i.e. the lowest wage acceptable in order to enter into employment, and unemployment in the local area district. Largely unexplored in the literature this adds to the work which has examined the association between employee wages and unemployment – the 'wage curve'.

Keywords: unemployment; reservation wages; wage curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J64 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2014-10
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 126, 22-24

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