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Real and nominal wage rigidities and the rate of inflation : evidence from West German micro data

Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor); Bonin, Holger (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is unusual due to the scarcity of appropriate data....

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The Role of Salience in Performance Schemes: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Englmaier, Florian; Roider, Andreas; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Incentive schemes affect performance and priorities of agents but, in reality, they can be complicated even for simple tasks. We analyze the effects of the salience of incentives in a team production setting where the principal has an interest in quantity and quality of output. We use data from...

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Human Capital Accumulation, Education and Earnings Inequality

Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

This paper attempts to add to the understanding of the causes for the differing recent developments in inequality in OECD countries. The similarity of shocks and technological changes affecting these countries suggests that interactions of these shocks and country-specific institutions are...

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Human Capital and Growth: Specification Matters

Sunde, Uwe; Vischer, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper suggests that the weak empirical effect of human capital on growth in existing cross-country studies is partly the result of an inappropriate specification that does not account for the different channels through which human capital affects growth. A systematic replication of earlier...

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Do I Have What It Takes? Equilibrium Search with Type Uncertainty and Non-Participation

Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

unemployment to non-participation in equilibrium. In contrast, existing models typically maintain stationarity and appeal to … exogenous stochastic shocks to generate transitions from unemployment to non-participation. Our model is based on relaxing a … first implication of the model is a declining hazard from unemployment to employment, arising due to erosion of self …

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Self-Confidence and Search

Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Standard search theory assumes that individuals know, with certainty, how they compare to competing searchers in terms of ability. In contrast, we hypothesize that searchers are uncertain about relative ability, with important implications for search behavior. We test our hypotheses in a...

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Homo Reciprocans: Survey Evidence on Prevalence, Behavior and Success

Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Experimental evidence has convincingly shown the existence of reciprocal inclinations, i.e., a tendency for people to respond in-kind to hostile or kind actions. Little is known, however, about: (i) the prevalence of reciprocity in the population, (ii) individual determinants of reciprocity,...

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Employment Status, Endogenous Regional Mobility, and Spatial Dependencies in Labor Markets

Sunde, Uwe; Fahr, René - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

the interactions of regional labor markets in West Germany is highlighted in several dimensions. We test for spatial … autocorrelation in regional hires, unemployment and vacancy levels, we examine the patterns of new matches in regions, identify … variation in unemployment rates, combined with little inter-regional migration. We find evidence in favor of labor market …

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Strategic Hiring Behavior in Empirical Matching Functions

Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

accurate data set for Germany. Their results are confirmed and found to be surprisingly robust. Second, the matching framework …

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