In this paper we theoretically and empirically analyze equilibrium search models of the labor market. The Burdett-Mortensen equilibrium search model is generalized by allowing for continuous distributions of firm productivity types within a given labor market. We characterize equilibrium and...

We estimate an equilibrium search model with productivity dispersion between markets and structural unemployment, using Danish data. For women, structural unemployment is relatively more important than frictional unemployment, but for men, frictional unemployment is most important. Overall,...

The homogeneous search equilibrium model of Mortensen (1990) and Burdett and Mortensen (1998) is extended to allow on-the-job wage growth. The extension allows an improved empirical fit to the cross-section wage distribution. The estimation problem is nonregular but tractable. Estimated...

Specification and extimation of a burdett-mortensen type equilibrium search model is considered. The estimation problem is nonstandard. An estimation strategy asymptotically equivalent to maximum likelihood is proposed and applied.

Equilibrium search models require unobserved heterogeneity in productivityto fit observed wage distribution data, but provide no guidance about the location parameter of the heterogeneity. In this paper we show that the location of the productivity heterogeneity implies a mode in a kernel...