RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Search and Nonwage Job Characteristics
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 472
OP 507
DO 10.3368/jhr.49.2.472
VO 49
IS 2
A1 Paul Sullivan
A1 Ted To
YR 2014
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/2/472.abstract
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.