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 …

, in speeding up the matching process between unemployed and vacant jobs. The analysis is conceptually rooted in the flow …-based view underlying the reforms, estimating the structural features of the matching process. The results indicate that the … reforms indeed had an impact in making the labor market more dynamic and accelerating the matching process. …

This paper develops a model of equilibrium unemployment with (unobservable) endogenous on-the-job search and (partly … unobservable) endogenous search behavior by firms. The model allows to analyze crowding-out of unemployed job seekers by endogenous … on-the job search of employees, and the interaction of job search behavior and vacancy posting policies of firms …

in the total, female and male labour force participation rates (LFPR) for Australia, Canada and the USA. We extend the …

to find a job. Unsuccessful search induces individuals to revise their beliefs downwards. Once self-confidence is … sufficiently low, workers become discouraged and give up on search. This non-stationarity gives rise to structural flows from … single assumption in a standard matching framework - workers are uncertain about their job finding probability - and yet the …