%0 Report %A Pfann, Gerard A. %T Options to Quit %D 2000 %8 2000 Sep %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 197 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp197 %X This paper develops a theoretical model of a worker’s decision problem under uncertainty about the optimal separation time, when holding a representative outside offer but facing fixed costs of quitting. Implications of the model’s closed form solution are consistent with the quit behavior of workers from a large Dutch company. %K voluntary turnover %K Job mobility %K fixed costs %K timing %K downsizing