Does the search and matching model fit aggregate U.S. labor market data? While the model has become an important tool … high volatility of most of the key variables, the negative co-variation of unemployment and vacancies, and the behavior of …

The labor search and matching model plays a growing role in macroeconomic analysis. This paper provides a critical …, selective survey of the literature. Four fundamental questions are explored: how are unemployment, job vacancies, and employment …

-finding rates. A search-matching model with endogenous separations and worker heterogeneity in terms of ability has difficulty in …

comovement between matches, unemployment, and vacancies in dynamic labor market models: either by assuming a standard Cobb … negative time trend in estimated matching functions. In addition, the full nonlinear combined model generates highly asymmetric …

vacancies on the other hand, which is observationally equivalent to a constant returns Cobb-Douglas function commonly used to … model match formation. We use German administrative labor market data to show that the matching function correlation solely … based on idiosyncratic productivity and free entry is very close to the empirical matching function. Consequently, we argue …

underlying theory is the search and matching model, with workers and firms engaging in costly search leading to random matching …The Beveridge curve depicts a negative relationship between unemployed workers and job vacancies, a robust finding … from it, generated by matching. …

Several authors have proposed staggered wage bargaining as a way to introduce sticky wages into search and matching … a series of estimated shocks from US data into a search and matching model with sticky prices and wages. I compare the … cycle volatility and matching the lack of a long-run relationship between vacancy creation and inflation. With regard to …

This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are … quit decisions. This approach obviates the need for a matching function. On this theoretical basis, we argue that the … matching function is vulnerable to the Lucas critique. Our calibrated model for the U.S. economy can account for important …