prevalence of social networks in job search there is as yet no consensus on the mechanisms for why referrals are so important: an …

first result shows that the economy always generates the right number of jobs. However, with random search firms under …-invest in capital due to a hold-up problem. In contrast, if workers can direct their search to firms with different capital …

information about the return to transactions with particular agents. In a search framework, signaling supports not simply a …

I develop an equilibrium, two-sided search model of marriage with endogenous population growth to study the interaction …

A large part of the literature on frictional matching in the labor market assumes bilateral meetings between workers … equilibrium search model of the labor market with an endogenous number of contacts between workers and firms. Workers contact … estimated parameter values welfare is improved if unemployed workers increase their search intensity. …

We study the effect of diminishing search frictions in markets with adverse selection by presenting a model in which …

increase in the option value of search: with better ability to differentiate offer quality, workers become choosier and … ultimately have better migration experiences. This offers a new perspective on the importance of information and matching …

from the firm having the vacant position, the less likely it is that the candidate is chosen. The search may also involve … foundations of the search process are presented. An empirical application to a board interlock network demonstrates that the model …

first result shows that the economy always generates the right number of jobs. However, with random search firms under …-invest in capital due to a hold-up problem. In contrast, if workers can direct their search to firms with different capital …