In this paper, we quantify the contribution of labor market reforms to unemployment dynamics in nine OECD countries (Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States). We build and estimate a dynamic stochastic search-matching model with...

We propose a model of excess commuting based on search costs in the labor market and show how the equilibrium rate of excess commuting is determined by the degree of geographical job concentration - without neglecting the importance of the size of the labor market and commuting costs. We test -...

This paper analyses the impact of matching frictions in the Portuguese labour market on individual unemployment hazard rates and unemployment durations. The coexistence of permanent contracts and temporary contracts in the Portuguese (dual) labour-market is akin to a matching friction, with a...

This paper investigates how worker beliefs and job prospects impact the wages and growth of young firms, as well as the aggregate economy. Building a heterogeneous-firm directed search model where workers gradually learn about firm types, I find that learning generates endogenous wage...

Auf Basis von Daten für Deutschland untersucht diese Disseration Kohortengrößeneffekte auf individuelle Arbeitsmarktergebnisse, Einkommensassimilationsprozesse von Einwanderern sowie die Verteilungsgerechtigkeit im Renteneintrittsalter zwischen Gruppen mit unterschiedlicher physischer...