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Sorting and the Output Loss due to Search Frictions
Gautier, Pieter A.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
We analyze a general search model with on-the-job search and sorting of heterogeneous workers into heterogeneous jobs. This model yields a simple relationshipbetween (i) the unemployment rate, (ii) the value of non-market time, and (iii) themax-mean wage differential. The latter measure of wage...
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Collective versus Decentralized Wage Bargaining and the Efficient Allocation of Resources
Cai, Xiaoming; Gautier, Pieter A.; Watanabe, Makoto - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
disadvantage is that it takes more time before an optimal allocation is reached because more productive firms (for a particular …
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Insurance, Entrepreneurial Start-Up, and Performance
Ejrnæs, Mette; Hochguertel, Stefan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
Availability of (partial) insurance mechanisms is arguably important for the decision of (riskaverse) workers to start up a risky entrepreneurial venture. Using administrative data from Denmark, where unemployment insurance (UI) is available to both wage earners and self-employed on a voluntary...
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Sequential or Non-sequential Recruitment?
Ommeren, Jos van; Russo, Giovanni - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
This paper examines the recruitment process of firms. We test whether firms search sequentially or non …. We distinguish between different types of recruitment methods. We find that the sequential hiring is rejected for a … applications by job seekers. Informal recruitment methods tend to imply sequential search. …
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The Attractiveness of Temporary Employment to Reduce Adjustment Costs
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
In this paper I determine the importance of adjustment costs in employers hiring decisions. Temporary work arrangements offer potential ways to avoid adjustment costs. I estimate employers willingness to pay for the characteristics of these work arrangements. I distinguish regular contracts,...
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Unemployment, Growth and the Organisation of Work
Groot, Henri L.F. de; Schaik, Anton B.T.M. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
We develop a two-sector endogenous growth model with a dual labour market resulting from the presence of an effort extraction function in one sector. Effort of workers can be influenced by pay and monitoring. This results in an endogenous non-competitive wage differential between sectors and a...
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Structural Estimation of Search Intensity: Do Non-Employed Workers Search Enough?
Gautier, Pieter A.; Moraga-Gonzalez, Jose Luis; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
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....
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On-the-Job Search and Sorting
Gautier, Pieter A.; Teulings, Coen N.; Vuuren, Aico van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
This paper characterizes the equilibrium for a large class of search models with two-sided heterogeneity and on-the-job search. Besides the well-known congestion externalities, we show that on-the-job search in combination with monopsonistic wage setting without commitment creates a...
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Labour Market Effects of International Fragmentation of Production; Evidence from a Survey and Case Studies in the Dutch Industry
Berghuis, Ebel; Butter, Frank A.G. den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
In this era of globalisation the traditional Ricardian theory of trade in products governed by comparative advantages is replaced by a modern theory of trade in tasks. Tasks are outsourced to those places in the world where the lower production costs outweigh the additional transaction costs...
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The Economic Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market of Host Countries - Meta-Analytic Evidence
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
The number of immigrants across the world has doubled since 1980. The estimates of the impact of immigration on wages and employment in host countries are quantitatively small but vary widely. We use meta-regression analysis to show how the estimates vary with definitions of the labor market,...
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