Worker flows and job flows behave differently over the business cycle. The authors investigate the sources of the differences by studying quantitative properties of a multiple-worker version of the search/matching model that features endogenous job separation and intra-firm wage bargaining....

Although the cyclical aspects of worker reallocation are investigated in numerous studies, only scarce empirical evidence exists for Germany. Kluve, Schaffner, and Schmidt (2009) emphasize the heterogeneity of cyclical influences for different subgroups of workers, defined by age, gender and...

Business cycle fluctuations in the U.S. employment-to-population ratio are asymmetric: deviations below trend (troughs) are larger than deviations above trend (peaks). This asymmetry has a "scarring effect," which reduces the average level of the employment-to-population ratio around which the...

This paper explores the determinants of equilibrium unemployment within the search and matching framework. Using structural estimation and simulation we demonstrate the usefulness of this model in accounting for the recent experience, shared by many OECD economies, of high and persistent...

I propose a new search-and-matching model in which wage rigidity and volatile unemployment endogenously arise. The Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides model is generalized by incorporating job-ladder and vacancy-chain effects arising from on-the-job search and replacement hiring into a long-lived jobs...

Using a unique data set and a novel identification strategy, we estimate the effect of minimum wage increases on job vacancy postings. Utilizing occupation-specific county- level vacancy data from the Conference Board's Help Wanted Online for 2005-2018, we find that state-level minimum wage...

Spatial differences in labor market performance are large and highly persistent. Using data from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, we document striking similarities in spatial differences in unemployment, vacancies, job finding, and job filling within each country. This robust...

We study how idiosyncratic earnings risk evolves over the business cycle in Italy and in the US. We distinguish between two sources of risk to annual earnings growth: changes in employment time (number of weeks of employment within a year) and changes in weekly earnings. Shocks to employment...

An accurate global projection algorithm is critical for quantifying the basic moments of the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides (DMP) model. Loglinearization understates the mean and volatility of unemployment, but overstates the volatility of labor market tightness and the magnitude of the...

We analyze changes in unemployment, marginal labor force attachment and participation in Canada and the U.S.. Using two complementary decompositions, we show the importance for the comparative evolution of aggregate unemployment of changes in the fraction of the non-employed who are unemployed...