We propose a theoretical explanation for the so-called "beauty premium". Our explanation is based entirely on search … frictions and the fact that physical appearance plays an important role in attracting a marriage partner. We analyse the … interaction between frictional labour and marriage markets and establish the existence of a search equilibrium characterised by …

This paper explores the impact of undocumented as opposed to documented immigration in a model featuring search … frictions and non-random hiring that is consistent with novel empirical evidence presented. In this framework, undocumented …

, all of which help to ameliorate labor market frictions. In this paper we investigate the extent to which these search …-sided heterogeneity, multiple search channels and endogenous recruitment effort. The estimation reveals that networks are the most cost … channels have differential effects on labor market outcomes. Using novel linked survey-administrative data we document that (i …

planned search period and decreases thereafter, why most applicants arrive early in the recruitment process, and why the …Models of random search, directed search, or stock-ow matching differ substantially in the way they assume that job … seekers and firms behave during the recruitment process. In this paper we identify new patterns about the recruitment …

that the case for imposing a penalty on less active job search is fairly solid. A growing number of empirical studies …

of improving the efficiency of UI: the duration of benefit payments, monitoring in conjunction with sanctions, and … monitoring and sanctions restores search incentives most effectively, since it brings additional incentives to search actively so …

search productivity of unemployed is constant over the unemployment spell, benefits should typically increase or be constant … increasing benefits, moral hazard problems for constant benefits and decreasing search productivity for decreasing benefits. …

studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of … in two thirds of countries, contrary to what models without search frictions predict. Average total gains from …We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search …

worker may prefer nonparticipation if the disutility of search is amplified by sickness. The decisions governing labor force …The paper presents a model that allows a unified analysis of sickness absence and search unemployment. Sickness appears … as random shocks to individual utility functions, interacts with individual searchand labor supply decisions and triggers …