We develop a search and matching model where firms and workers produce output that depends both on match …

We analyse an equilibrium labour market with on-the-job search and experience effects (where workers learn …

This study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of two alternative training schemes for the unemployed: short, job-search … both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … can be an effective tool to reduce unemployment in the long run, in particular if participation occurs early during …

suggest that generous unemployment insurance and a dual-earner norm shield families from financial distress, which together …

We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default … education.The equilibrium allocation is characterized by too much unemployment, underinvestment by the poor, and too little …

In this paper we develop a model capturing key features of the Roy model, a search model, compensating differentials … the job match obtained by search frictions varies from around 9% to around 29% depending on how we account for other … features. Compensating differentials and search are both very important for explaining other features of the data such as the …

We develop a search and matching model where firms and workers are allowed to form matches (jobs) that can be formal or …

The objective of this paper is to construct and quantitatively assess an equilibrium search model with on …-the-job search and general human capital accumulation. In the model workers enter the labour market with different abilities and … firms differ in their productivities. Wages are dispersed because of search frictions and workers' productivity …

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante threat of sanctions. We analyze the effects of vacancy referrals and … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We …