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. This model yields a simple relationship between (i) the unemployment rate, (ii) the value of non-market time, and (iii) the … and allow for measurement error. The estimated wage dispersion and mismatch for the US is consistent with an unemployment …
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This paper analyzes an urn-ball matching model in which workers decide how intensively they sample job openings and … account for the empirical relation between the job-finding rate and the vacancy-unemployment ratio, provided that search costs …
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How well does a simple search on-the-job model fit the eighteen years of job and wage mobility of high school graduates? To answer this question we are confronted from the data with a prevalent non-compliance and exemptions from the minimum wage. We incorporate this observation in a job search...
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wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …
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increase in part-time employment, a less pronounced decline in unemployment and a greater reduction in weekly working hours …
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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 …
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duration dependence in unemployment benefits in a random on the job search model featuring two-sided heterogeneity. General …
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We study how job seekers respond to wage announcements by assigning wages randomly to pairs of otherwise similar vacancies in a large number of professions. High wage vacancies attract more interest, in contrast with much of the evidence based on observational data. Some applicants only show...
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We assess alternative research designs for minimum wage studies. States in the U.S. with larger minimum wage increases differ from others in business cycle severity, increased inequality and polarization, political economy, and regional distribution. The resulting time-varying heterogeneity...
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We investigate whether women search longer for a job than men and whether these differences change over the life cycle. Our empirical analysis exploits German register data on highly attached displaced workers. We apply duration models to analyze gender differences in job search taking into...
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