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We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increase job search intensity. Most of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influences the arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it as the number of job applications that workers send out....
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It is commonplace in the debate on Germany’s labor market problems to argue that high unemployment and low wage … dispersion are related. This paper analyses the relationship between unemployment and residual wage dispersion for individuals … unemployment. A competing view regards wage dispersion as the outcome of search frictions and the associated monopsony power of the …
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regulatory conditions on immigrant-native gaps across four outcomes; unemployment, monthly earnings, underemployment, and … unemployment and underemployment. A higher union density appears to suppress wage differences across some immigrant groups, rather …
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Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to signal directions for market adjustments to ensure growth. Wage growth is driven by relative scarcity, labor productivity and expectations about inflation and future growth....
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