-finding rates, wages and savings, so that we use the model to examine the role of age and wealth for worker flows and for the …

-finding rates, wages and savings, so that we use the model to examine the role of age and wealth for worker flows and for the …

In this paper, we analyze the wealth accumulation and saving behavior of the retired elderly in Italy using micro data … from the "Survey of Italian Households' Income and Wealth," a panel survey of households conducted every two years by the … Bank of Italy. We find that, on average, the retired elderly in Italy are decumulating their wealth (dissaving) but that …

We develop a general equilibrium model of earnings, income and wealth heterogeneity in continuous time. We extend … interest rates provide a mechanism to link earnings, income and wealth distributions. We use this connection to demonstrate … that an increase in unemployment benefits leads to a rise in steady state wealth inequality measured by the Gini …

This paper extends Pissarides (1990)’s matching model by considering two sectors (routine and manual) and workers …

explanations for) positive assortative matching. …

search and matching frictions and incorporate a US unemployment insurance experience rating system. Layoff taxes based on … helps realign the search and matching model with the empirical properties of its most salient variables. The model …