Population size and structure in conjunction with the participation behavior are the determinants of labor supply. Thereby, among the demographic components, migration is the one shaping both the size and the structure of a population the strongest in the short to medium term while...

This paper develops a model of human capital investment in a frictional labor market with two-sided heterogeneity and liquidity constraints. The model generates underemployment in equilibrium: workers are employed in jobs for which they are over-qualified. Subsidizing education can decrease the...

This paper develops a model of human capital investment in a frictional labor market with two-sided heterogeneity and liquidity constraints. The model generates underemployment in equilibrium: workers are employed in jobs for which they are over-qualified. Subsidizing education can decrease the...