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Sequential or non-sequential recruitment?
Ommeren, Jos van; Russo, Giovanni - 2004
This paper examines the recruitment process of firms. We test whether firms search sequentially or non …-sequentially using data compiled from filled vacancies. According to theory, in case of sequential hiring, the number of applicants is …. We distinguish between different types of recruitment methods. We find that the sequential hiring is rejected for a …
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The right man for the job
Teulings, Coen N.; Gautier, Pieter - 2000
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Starting wages respond to employer's risk
Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van - 2009
Firms hiring fresh graduates face uncertainty on the future productivity of workers. Theory suggests that starting …
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How important are risk-taking incentives in executive compensation?
Dittmann, Ingolf; Yu, Ko-Chia - 2009
This paper investigates whether observed executive compensation contracts are designed to provide risk-taking incentives in addition to effort incentives. We develop a stylized principal-agent model that captures the interdependence between firm risk and managerial incentives. We calibrate the...
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Starting wages respond to employer's risk
Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van - 2009
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Labor market prospects, search intensity and the transition from college to work
Klaauw, Bas van der; Vuuren, Aico van; Berkhout, Peter - 2004
In this paper we develop a structural model for job search behavior of students entering the labor market. The model includes endogenous search effort and on-the-job search. Since students usually do not start a regular job before graduation but start job search earlier, our model is non...
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Hiring, firing, education and productivity : a South-African case study
Frijters, Paul - 1997
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Labor market prospects, search intensity and the transition from college to work
Klaauw, Bas van der; Vuuren, Aico van; Berkhout, Peter - 2004
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The attractiveness of temporary employment to reduce adjustment costs
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - 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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Wages and employment in a random social network with arbitrary degree distribution
Ioannides, Yannis M.; Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2006
Empirical studies of labor markets show that social contacts are an important source of job-related information [Ioannides and Loury (2004)]. At the same time, wage differences among workers may be explained only in part by differences in individual background characteristics. Such findings...
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