skills during the experience of unemployment. Within a search and matching model, we show that all natives and immigrants are … sector. Discrimination may induce immigrants to train more or less than natives, depending on the sector where it is present …We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing …

skills during an unemployment experience. Within a search and matching framework, we show that both natives and immigrants …We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing … are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector has positive spill-overs, inducing employment to increase in …

and non-random hiring. Since they accept lower wages, firms obtain a higher match surplus from hiring immigrants rather … firms. Using US data, I show in my empirical analysis that among low-skilled workers undocumented immigrants earn 8% less … and have a 7 pp higher job finding rate than documented immigrants. Parameterizing the model based on these estimates, I …

receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance …

Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the regional quality of … life when wages, rents, and unemployment risk compensate for local amenities and disamenities. In particular, the paper … shows for quasi-linear utility that the effects of any amenity on wages and unemployment rates are of opposite sign …