The Determinants of Reservation Wages in Germany Does a Motivation Gap Exist
The Determinants of Reservation Wages in Germany Does a Motivation Gap Exist
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德国保留工资的决定因素是否存在动机差距
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2001
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Björn Christensen
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作者：
Björn Christensen
本文利用德国1987 - 1998年的面板数据，在非静态保留工资的工作搜索模型的基础上研究了失业人员的保留工资。结果表明，保留工资相对较高，在德国相比，其他国家。此外，汇总回归结果表明，最近的工资和失业人员的个人特征是最重要的决定保留工资。与此相反，失业持续时间和不同种类的失业救济金都不影响保留工资。因此，调查结果证实了一个假设，即失业人员没有受到强大的财政压力，因此没有寻找新工作的重大动机。
This paper investigates the reservation wages of unemployed persons on the basis of a job-search model with non-static reservation wages using panel data from Germany from 1987 to 1998. The results suggest that reservation wages are relatively high in Germany compared to other countries. Furthermore, pooled regression results show that most recent wages and personal characteristics of the unemployed are the most important determinants of reservation wages. In contrast neither unemployment duration nor different kinds of unemployment benefits influence reservation wages. Hence the findings corroborate the hypothesis that unemployed persons are not subject to strong financial pressure and thus have no significant motivation to find a new job.