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Market Design for Trading Commoditized Renewable Energy
Heshmati, Almas; Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the interaction between suppliers and customers (smart...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886132
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The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
probability models and matching suggest a qualitatively negative relation between the age at school entry and educational outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822052
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Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data
Galdo, Jose; Smith, Jeffrey Andrew; Black, Dan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
using matching methods. Because precise estimation of the expected counterfactual is particularly important in regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822100
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Labor Search and Matching in Macroeconomics
Yashiv, Eran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The labor search and matching model plays a growing role in macroeconomic analysis. This paper provides a critical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822179
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Telling the Truth May Not Pay Off: An Empirical Study of Centralised University Admissions in Germany
Braun, Sebastian; Kübler, Dorothea; Dwenger, Nadja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We investigate the matching algorithm used by the German central clearinghouse for university admissions (ZVS) in … criteria applied for admission they all make use of priority matching. In priority matching schemes, it is not a dominant … applicants, we are able to detect some amount of strategic behaviour which can lead to inefficient matching. Alternative ways to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822191
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Job Creation and Job Destruction over the Life Cycle: The Older Workers in the Spotlight
Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Chéron, Arnaud; Langot, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper extends the job creation - job destruction approach to the labor market to take into account the life-cycle of workers. Forward looking decisions about hiring and firing depend on the time over which to recoup adjustment costs. The equilibrium is typically featured by increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822261
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A Positive Analysis of Targeted Employment Protection Legislation
Dolado, Juan J.; Jansen, Marcel; Jimeno, Juan F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
groups of workers. This paper builds a simple matching model with heterogeneous workers in order to analyze this feature of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822296
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Efficiency in a Search and Matching Model with Endogenous Participation
Albrecht, James; Navarro, Lucas; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We show that in a search/matching model with endogenous participation in which workers are heterogeneous with respect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822510
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Efficiency in a Matching Model with Heterogeneous Agents: Too Many Good or Bad Jobs?
Blázquez, Maite; Jansen, Marcel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper analyses the efficiency of the equilibrium allocation in a matching model with two types of workers and jobs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822529
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Optimal Redistributive Taxation in a Search Equilibrium Model
Hungerbühler, Mathias; Lehmann, Etienne; Parmentier, Alexis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper characterizes optimal non-linear income taxation in an economy with a continuum of unobservable productivity levels and endogenous involuntary unemployment due to frictions in the labor markets. Redistributive taxation distorts labor demand and wages. Compared to their efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822583