This paper considers the demand for job training and its interaction with organization adjustments through rotation within a team and relocation across teams in response to demand and supply shocks. We employ original survey data from two Japanese automobile makers. The analysis includes...

This article analyzes the effect of coworker discrimination on wage and unemployment differentials between males and females using a search model. An increase in female participation drives up the wage offer to female workers and raises female employment. Moreover, an increase in the degree of...

This paper considers the effects of labor mobility in a specific factors model when unemployment arises for matching-theoretic reasons. Immigration raises the welfare of domestic workers even though the increasing labor supply decreases wages if firms create more jobs in response to inflows of...

This paper develops a dynamic model of the labor market in which the degree of substitution between employment and hours of work is determined as part of a search equilibrium. Each firm chooses its demand for working hours and number of vacancies, and the earnings profile is determined by Nash...