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ultimately have better migration experiences. This offers a new perspective on the importance of information and matching … in Indonesia to explore how information about intermediary quality shapes migration choices and outcomes. Information … reduces the migration rate, lowering use of low-quality intermediaries. However, workers who migrate receive better pre …
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The process of matching between firms and workers is an important mechanism in determining the distribution of wages … association of firm-worker matches known as positive assortative matching (PAM). Immigration in a local labor market, by … that the increased degree of positive assortative matching is mainly reached by high-productive firms "losing" lower …
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In this paper, we examine net emigration from Mexico over the period 1960 to 2000. The data are consistent with labor-supply shocks having made a substantial contribution to Mexican emigration, accounting for two fifths of Mexican labor flows to the U.S. over the last two decades of the 20th...
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search for schools, and that "smart matching platforms" that provide live feedback on admissions chances help applicants …
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This paper examines inequalities in the match between student and degree quality using linked administrative data from schools, universities and tax authorities. We analyse two measures of match at the university-subject level: undergraduate enrollment qualifications, and graduate earnings. We...
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with frictions, such as transaction costs, asymmetric information, search and matching frictions. We discuss how such …
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search and matching model with financial constraints and rigid wages among incumbent workers, while new hires' wages are …
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We study the impacts of incomplete information on centralized one-to-one matching markets. We focus on the commonly …
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We use population data on capital income and wealth holdings for Norway to measure asset positions and wealth returns before individuals marry and after the household is formed. These data allow us to establish a number of novel facts. First, individuals sort on personal wealth rather than...
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Democratic representation is constrained by the alternatives available to voters. In this paper, we develop a methodology to gauge the extent to which the "supply side" of politics hinders voter welfare. Using rich data on thousands of candidates in three Brazilian legislative elections, we...
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