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We develop a reciprocity-based model of wage determination and incorporate it into a modern dynamic general equilibrium framework. We estimate the model and find that, among potential determinants of wages, rent-sharing (between workers and firms) and wage entitlement (based on wages earned in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008917447
-2050 suggest that labour quality growth will slow down with time. We also calculate a quality-adjusted unemployment rate and find … that the unemployment rate is reduced by about 0.3 pp when human capital accumulation is taken into account. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924999
We study the impact of reputational incentives in markets characterized by moral hazard problems. Social preferences have been shown to enhance contract enforcement in these markets, while at the same time generating considerable wage and price rigidity. Reputation powerfully amplifies the...
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When unemployment prevails, relations with a particular firm are valuable for workers. As a consequence, a worker may … firms. Our results thus suggest that unemployment is not a necessary device to motivate workers. We also discuss how market … characterized by unemployment. Surprisingly though, this does not compromise market performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008925066
We develop a reciprocity-based model of wage determination and incorporate it into a modern dynamic general equilibrium framework. We estimate the model and find that, among potential determinants of wages, rent-sharing (between workers and firms) and wage entitlement (based on wages earned in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523825
When unemployment prevails, relations with a particular firm are valuable for workers. As a consequence, a worker may … firms. Our results thus suggest that unemployment is not a necessary device to motivate workers. We also discuss how market … characterized by unemployment. Surprisingly though, this does not compromise market performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005091294
-2050 suggest that labour quality growth will slow down with time. We also calculate a quality-adjusted unemployment rate and find … that the unemployment rate is reduced by about 0.3 pp when human capital accumulation is taken into account. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005091297
We study the impact of reputational incentives in markets characterized by moral hazard problems. Social preferences have been shown to enhance contract enforcement in these markets, while at the same time generating considerable wage and price rigidity. Reputation powerfully amplifies the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069892
my instruments are significant predictors of mortality and are otherwise excludable to institutions. Among other things … mortality strongly affected institutions in former colonies, yet it had no effect on institutions in the rest of the world. This … variable estimations, I show that also the relation between institutions and income is highly significant and that the …
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endowments and institutions on income by utilizing the interaction of geography and colonial experience. I first document that … rest of the world. Second, I develop an empirical strategy that identifies the relation between institutions and income but … that also accounts for the direct effect of endowments. I find that institutions are the main determinant of development …
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