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Twin peaks in regional unemployment and returns to scale in job-matching in the Czech Republic

Profit, Stefan - 1997

of labor market districts of the Czech Republic between January 1992 and July 1994. When time-series properties of …

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On the job search and the wage distribution

Christensen, Bent Jesper; Mortensen, Dale; Neumann, … - 2000

The estimates of the structural parameters of a job separations model derived from the theory of on-the-job search are reported in this papers. Given that each employer pays the same wage to all observably equivalent workers and that wage dispersion across employers exists in the sense that...

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Semiparametric three step estimation methods in labor supply models

Fernández Álvarez, Ana Isabel; Rodríguez Poo, Juan Manuel - 1998

The aim of this paper is to provide an alternative way of specification and estimation of a labor supply model. The proposed estimation procedure can be included in the so called predicted wage methods and its main interest is twofold. First, under standard assumptions in studies of labor...

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Information cascades on the labor market

Kübler, Dorothea; Weizsäcker, Georg - 2001

A model of herding behavior on the labor market is discussed where employers only receive signals with limited precision about the workers' types, but can observe previous employers' decisions. In particular, we study a situation where the employer and the worker can influence the signal...

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Intuitive optimizing for time allocation decisions in newly formed ventures

Lévesque, Moren; Schade, Christian D. - 2002

entrepreneurial decision situations where their time must be allocated between a wage job and a newly formed venture. We offer an … institutions dealing with entrepreneurs are discussed. -- Decision Making ; Intuitive Optimizing ; Micro Economics Model ; Time …This article investigates whether decision makers intuitively optimize close to the normative prediction in …

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Sources of German unemployment : a structural vector error correction analysis

Brüggemann, Ralf - 2001

In this paper we analyze the sources of German unemployment within a structural vector error correction model (SVECM) framework. For this purpose, we propose a method to estimate an exactly identified Subset SVECM, which is a SVECM with short run parameter restrictions. A cointegration analysis...

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Inside the black box of temporary help agencies

Kvasnicka, Michael (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Strategies, heuristics and the relevance of risk aversion in a dynamic decision problem

Müller, Wieland - 1999

In this paper I consider a complex decision problem where subjects have to cope with a time horizon of uncertain … economic theory suggests to solve the decision problem. But since real decision makers can hardly be expected to behave …

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Dynamic decision structure and risk taking

Eichberger, Jürgen; Güth, Werner; Müller, Wieland - 1999

This paper investigates the behaviour in repeated decision situations. The experimental study shows that subjects show … low or no risk-aversion, but put very high value on the opportunity to sell the lottery in every stage of the decision … behaviour ; decision-making experiments …

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Why the rich are nastier than the poor : a note on optimal punishment

Huck, Steffen; Müller, Wieland - 1998

Studying evolutionarily successful behavior we show in a general framework that when individuals maximizing payoff differentials invest resources in punishing others. Interestingly, these investments are increasing in individuals, own wealth and decreasing in the wealth of others.

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