TY  - JOUR
AU  - Barlevy,Gadi
AU  - Nagaraja,H.N.
TI  - Identification of Search Models with Initial Condition Problems
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 12166
PY  - 2006
Y2  - April 2006
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12166
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12166.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Gadi Barlevy
Economic Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 South LaSalle
Chicago, IL  60604
Tel: 312/322-6379
Fax: 312/322-2357
E-Mail: gbarlevy@frbchi.org

H. Nagaraja
Ohio State University
E-Mail: hnn@stat.ohio-state.edu
AB  - This paper extends previous work on the identification of search models in which observed worker productivity is imperfectly observed. In particular, it establishes that these models remain identified even when employment histories are left-censored (i.e. we do not get to follow workers from their initial job out of unemployment), as well as when workers set different reservation wages from one another. We further show that allowing for heterogeneity in reservation can affect the empirical estimates we obtain, specifically estimates of the rate at which workers receive job offers.
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