Consider the standard job search model as described in the text.
(a) Why are the asking wage and expected unemployment duration positively related?
(b) Can the standard job search model explain why unemployment duration is longer, on average, for secondary workers when compared to primary workers? Discuss.
(c) In the context of the standard search model, explain how the economy-wide average asking wage and unemployment duration are affected by an expanded underground (cash) economy. What is the effect on the equilibrium unemployment rate?
(d) In the context of the standard search model, explain how the economy-wide average asking wage and unemployment duration are affected by federal policy that greatly restricts mortgage holding companies from pursuing foreclosures. What is the effect on the equilibrium unemployment rate?