This paper empirically tests the role of search frictions in driving qualification mismatches in the labor market … are more pervasive than in more developed economies. Moreover, frictions related to search costs are a crucial determinant … interventions that improve worker-job matches with potential gains to wages and aggregate productivity. …

equilibrium search framework to shed additional light on what is causing an income distribution to change. The major benefit of … the model is that it can accommodate shocks to the skill composition in the market, employee bargaining power and … productivity. Further, when our model is subjected to skill-upgrading and changes in employee bargaining power, it is capable of …

inequality. -- Income inequality ; two-sector search model ; bargaining power ; skill-biased technological change … equilibrium search framework to shed additional light on what is causing an income distribution to change. The major benefit of … the model is that it can accommodate shocks to the skill composition in the market, employee bargaining power and …

-and different occupations. Then we develop an on-the-job search model that incorporates referrals and calibrate the model to key …