Searching, Matching and Education: a Note

In this paper the individual optimal level of education is set in a frictional labor market, where matching is not perfect. Also search frictions are a function of the average education can improve economic efficiency, not only through improvements in workers productivity, but also making the matching process more efficient, and thus reducing the unemployment level.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Silva, João Cerejeira
Institutions:	Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE), Universidade do Minho
Subject:	Education \| Externalities \| Search \| Matching \| Unemployment

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	NIPE Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 11/2005
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; J41 - Contracts: Specific Human Capital, Matching Models, Efficiency Wage Models, and Internal Labor Markets ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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