PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Paul Sullivan
AU  - Ted To
TI  - Search and Nonwage Job Characteristics
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.49.2.472
DP  - 2014 Mar 31
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 472--507
VI  - 49
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/2/472.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/2/472.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2014 Mar 31; 49
AB  - This paper quantifies the importance of nonwage job characteristics to workers by estimating a structural on-the-job search model. The model generalizes the standard search framework by allowing workers to search for jobs based on both wages and job-specific nonwage utility flows. Within the structure of the search model, data on accepted wages and wage changes at job transitions identify the importance of nonwage utility through revealed preference. The estimates reveal that utility from nonwage job characteristics plays an important role in determining job mobility, the value of jobs to workers, and the gains from job search.