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According to search-matching theory, the Beveridge curve slopes downward because vacancies are filled more quickly when … unemployment is high. Using monthly panel data for local labour markets in Sweden we find no (or only weak) evidence that high …
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business cycle model with search and matching frictions. We extend the canonical model by including capital … types. We first find that, the model does a good job at matching the cyclical properties of sectoral employment and the wage …
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This paper shows that the matching function and the Beveridge curve in the United States exhibit strong nonlinearities … over the business cycle. These patterns can be replicated by enhancing a search and matching model with idiosyncratic …
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The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment benefits … effort ; matching model ; structural estimation ; Semi-Markov process …
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Recent research documents mounting evidence for sizable and persistent biases in individual labor market expectations. This paper incorporates subjective expectations into a general equilibrium labor market model and studies the implications of biased expectations for wage bargaining, vacancy...
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matching function. One can easily choose a calibration to make the cyclical fluctuation in unemployment as large in the model … model as it is in the data. We show with a simple analytical calculation that in the standard job matching model, one cannot …
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This paper studies the role of job search assistance programs in optimal welfare-to-work programs. The analysis is based on a framework, that allows for endogenous choice of benefit types and levels, wage taxes or subsidies, and activation measures such as monitoring and job search assistance...
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There is strong empirical evidence for Cobb-Douglas matching functions. We show in this paper that this widely found … underlying mechanisms. Obviously, it can be generated by assuming a Cobb-Douglas matching function. Less obvious, the same … idiosyncratic productivity can explain the observed negative time trend in estimated matching efficiency and asymmetric business …
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start-up subsidy for unemployed individuals in Germany using propensity score matching under the CIA. Having access to rich …
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By how much does an increase in operating effectiveness of a public employment agency (PEA) and a reduction of unemployment benefits reduce unemployment? Using a recent labour market reform in Germany as background, we find that an enhanced effectiveness of the PEA explains about 20% of the...
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