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and search-matching models. For that, we study a policy that consists in decreasing the urban unemployment benefit. In an … efficiency wage model, we find that there is no Todaro paradox while this is not always true in a search-matching model since a …
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We propose a spatial search-matching model where both job creation and job destruction are endogenous. Workers are ex …
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increase in the option value of search: with better ability to differentiate offer quality, workers become choosier and … ultimately have better migration experiences. This offers a new perspective on the importance of information and matching …
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reflecting individuals' job search status. Providing personalized information improves labor market outcomes by mitigating the …
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SMS information campaigns are increasingly used for policy. We conduct a field experiment to study information sharing through mobile phone messages. Subjects are rural households in Mozambique who have access to mobile money. In the baseline intervention, subjects receive an SMS containing...
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We study how the political cost of enforcing a lockdown in response to the COVID- 19 outbreak relates to citizens' propensity for altruistic punishment in Italy, the early epicenter of the pandemic. Approval for the government's management of the crisis decreases with the amount of the penalties...
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We address the question of whether media influences occupational choices. To theoretically examine media effects, we construct a dynamic Bayesian occupational choice model with sequential decisions under ambiguity due to imperfect information. We show that sufficiently intensive positive media...
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This paper analyzes labor market matching in the presence of search and informational frictions, by studying employer …
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What is the role of international migrants and, specifically, migrant networks in shaping political attitudes and behavior in migrant sending countries? Our theoretical framework proposes that migration might change individual social identities and thus stimulate intrinsic motivation for...
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We show how experience and dynamic learning processes reduce the obstacles to optimization imposed by information frictions when individuals newly enter the formal sector economy. Most importantly, we provide causal evidence on the exact mechanisms through which individuals learn about the...
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