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Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are … quit decisions. This approach obviates the need for a matching function. On this theoretical basis, we argue that the … matching function is vulnerable to the Lucas critique. Our calibrated model for the U.S. economy can account for important …

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Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? Evidence from the Employers' Side

Brenzel, Hanna; Gartner, Hermann; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

bargaining in the matching process from the employer's side. We show that both modes of wage determination coexist in the German …

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Man-cessions, Fiscal Policy, and the Gender Composition of Employment

Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen, Falko; Winkler, Roland - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

In recessions, predominantly men lose their jobs, which has given rise to the term "man-cessions". We analyze whether fiscal expansions bring men back into jobs. To do so, we estimate vector-autoregressive models and identify the effects of fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender...

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The Economic Effects of Employment Protection: Evidence from International Industry-Level Data

Micco, Alejandro; Pagés, Carmen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper examines the economic effects of employment protection legislation in a sample of developed and developing countries. By implementing a difference-in-differences test, we lessen the potentially severe endogeneity and omitted variable problems associated with cross-country regressions....

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The Insider-Outsider Theory: A Survey

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This article is an idiosyncratic survey of the insider-outsider theory, describing the vision underlying the theory, and evaluating salient contributions to the literature in the light of this vision. We also indicate what appear to have been dead-ends and red herrings in past research. The...

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Inventories, Employment and Hours

Galeotti, Marzio; Maccini, Louis J.; Schiantarelli, Fabio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

The purpose of this paper is to develop a model that integrates inventory and labor decisions. We extend a model of inventory behavior to include a detailed specification of the role of labor input in the production process and of the costs associated with it. In particular, we distinguish...

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Matching Bias in Labor Demand Estimation

Aguilar, Giovanna; Rendon, Sílvio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Using a matched firm-worker dataset, we show both theoretically and empirically that positive assortative matching …

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Output-Employment Relationship across Sectors: A Long- versus Short-Run Perspective

Sahin, Afsin; Tansel, Aysit; Berument, Hakan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper investigates the nature of the output-employment relationship by using the Turkish quarterly data for the period 1988-2008. Even if we fail to find a long-run relationship between aggregate output and total employment, there are long-run relationships for the aggregate output with...

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What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession?

Burda, Michael C.; Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment loss. Employers' reticence to hire in the preceding expansion, associated in part with a lack of confidence it would last, contributed to an employment shortfall equivalent to 40...

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Evaluating Workplace Mandates with Flows versus Stocks: An Application to California Paid Family Leave

Curtis, Mark; Hirsch, Barry; Schroeder, Mary C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Employer mandates and other labor demand/supply shocks typically have small effects on wages and employment. These effects should be more discernible using data on employment transitions and wages among new hires rather than incumbents. The Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) dataset provides...

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