sector, as well as set wages. Workers engage in both off the job and on the job search. We estimate the model using Brazilian …

We develop an empirical search-matching model which is suitable for analyzing the wage, employment and welfare impact … wage determination and employment which extends the current literature on equilibrium wage determination with matching and … productivity shocks, long-term contracts, on-the-job search and counter-offers. Importantly, the model allows for the possibility …

violates one of our conditions. Finally, we use our approach to evaluate the evolution of assortative matching in the US over … the last decades, and conclude that assortative matching has increased, particularly at the top of the education …