which take into account selection bias are used. It is shown that propensity score matching estimators which are usually … applied for the evaluation of active labour market programmes are well-suited for the analysis of this topic, whereas …

entropy matching on the basis of a large representative administrative linked employer-employee panel data set to guarantee …

and ii) there is assortative matching between a worker's productivity and that of her employer. Selective job acceptance … of similar productivity. The high surplus meetings result in matches more frequently, generating assortative matching …

-employee data. We find evidence of positive assortative matching. In the estimated equilibrium match distribution, the correlation … between worker skill and firm productivity is 0.12. The assortative matching has a substantial impact on wage dispersion. We …

diminishing returns to the number of workers. We examine the sorting of factors to sectors and the matching of factors within …

We develop an empirical search-matching model which is suitable for analyzing the wage, employment and welfare impact … wage determination and employment which extends the current literature on equilibrium wage determination with matching and … of assortative matching between workers and jobs due to complementarities between worker and job characteristics. We use …