The effect of ideological positions on job market interaction

Arbeitspapier

Reporters and editors may not have the same ideology. When an editor wants to employ a new reporter with a different ideology, they have to negotiate the price of moving from their own to the other's ideology. We focus on the job market for reporters, where the agents negotiate over the ideological position to be reported and wage. We adopt a spatial model in which each agent suffers a utility loss as the agreed-upon position moves away from his/her favored one. Equilibrium determines a threshold ideological gap for a match to be formed. Our analysis generates a natural separation between extreme, mildly extreme and moderate ideologies. Furthermore, we find that agents that hold extreme ideologies compromise less than moderates. This formulation may be applied to other situations in which agents involve monetary and non-monetary considerations, especially a preference for similarity.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2017-11

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions ; Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing
• Subject: Media ; Job Market ; Ideological Position

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Alexandron-Lavon, Anat ; Epstein, Gil S. ; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics
• (where): Ramat-Gan
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/202530
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET