We analyse a model of equilibrium directed search in a large labour market. Each worker, observing the wages posted at …

We analyze a general search model with on-the-job search and sorting of heterogeneous workers into heterogeneous jobs …-6%. We find that without search frictions, output would be between 7.5% and 18.5% higher, depending on whether or not firms …

We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increase job search intensity. Most … of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influences the arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it … as the number of job applications that workers send out. The wage distribution and job search intensities are …

Labor market theories allowing for search frictions make marked predictions on the effect of the degree of frictions on … transitions, and this allows for estimation of the degree of search frictions. The firm data are informative on labor productivity …

In this paper, we employ search theory as a micro-economic foundation for the wasteful commuting hypothesis. It is … argued that the commute of the self-employed is the result of a search process for vacant workplaces, whereas employees … search for vacant jobs through space. Because the arrival rate of workplaces is much higher than the arrival rate of jobs …

In this paper we analyse the commuting distribution from a job search perspective. We have examined under which …, spatially-differentiated search or heterogeneity ofjobs. Residential mobility does not appear to explain the shape of the …

search for a job-type that matches their skill. They face a trade-off between match quality and the cost of extended search …. This trade-off differs between regions, because search is more efficient in larger regions. Then, interregional mobility … commodities that are search intensive, i.e. that require a wide variety of tasks and make use of scarce worker types. Empirical …