. This process is then assumed to follow a matching of equals among equals. Using rich data from Germany and Denmark we fully … confirm a matching on qualification levels for high-skilled employees, partially for medium-skilled employees but not for low …

The matching efficiency of the standard matching function is known to follow a pro-cyclical pattern. An observed … rightward shift in the UK's Beveridge Curve after the Great Recession, suggests a decrease in the matching efficiency between … characteristics of unemployed, using the standard aggregate matching function. Consistent with the findings for the US (Barnichon and …

This paper extends the job market signaling model of Spence (1973) by allowing firms to learn the ability of their … select a unique separating equilibrium. When the Intuitive Criterion bites and information is purely asymmetric, the …. -- Signaling ; job markets ; education ; employer learning ; intuitive criterion …

based on grades received at school. It is examined how this matching is affected if good grades are granted to some low …

the efficient matching of workers to firms. This mechanism can be thought of as operated by a recruitment agency, an …

We test for the signalling hypothesis versus human capital theory using the Wiles test (1974) in a country which has …

We test for the signalling hypothesis versus human capital theory using the Wiles test (1974) in a country which has …

the effects of temporary and permanent sector-specific shocks in a New Keynesian matching model. We show that temporary … ; Matching ; Sectoral Productivity Shock …

This paper makes two contributions to the empirical matching literature. First, a recent study by Anderson and Burgess … (2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching framework, is replicated with a richer and more … accurate data set for Germany. Their results are confirmed and found to be surprisingly robust. Second, the matching framework …