This paper extends the three-state model of labor supply and worker flows developed by Krusell, Mukoyama, Rogerson and ðSahin (American Economic Review, 2017) to study dynamic individual behavior by allowing for ex-ante heterogeneity in workers' abilities in the market and in their valuation of...

This paper provides a structural analysis of the role of job vacancy referrals (VRs) by public employment agencies in the job search behavior of unemployed individuals, incorporating institutional features of the monitoring of search behavior by the agencies. Notably, rejections of VRs may lead...