TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Barlevy, Gadi
AU  - Nagaraja, H. N.
        TI  - Identification of Search Models with Initial Condition Problems
        PY  - 2006/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2061
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2061
        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.

        KW  - job mobility
KW  - on-the-job search
KW  - record statistics
KW  - reservation wages
        ER  -