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Sorting and the output loss due to search frictions

Gautier, Pieter; Teulings, Coen N. - 2012

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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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 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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The inefficient advantage of experience in the market for football managers

Peeters, Thomas; Szymanski, Stefan; Terviö, Marko - 2017

We study hiring in a labor market where worker ability can only be observed on-the-job, but quickly becomes public information after labor market entry. We show that firms in these markets have a socially inefficient incentive to hire low talented, experienced workers instead of more promising...

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Job loss, firm-level heterogeneity and mortality : evidence from administrative data

Bloemen, Hans G.; Hochgürtel, Stefan; Zweerink, Jochem - 2015

This paper estimates the effect of job loss on mortality for older male workers with strong labor force attachment. Using Dutch administrative data, we find that job loss due to sudden firm closure increased the probability to die within five years by a sizable 0.60 percentage points....

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Labor market matching under imperfect information

Willems, Tim - 2011

Recent research has shown that the standard labor matching model hasdifficulties in reproducing the co-movement patterns observed in US data. Thisis due to the fact that the standard model lacks sufficient propagation of shocks.This paper shows that refining the informational structure of the...

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Dual track or academic route for auditors

Jonker, Nicole; Ophem, Hans van; Hartog, Joop - 2002

of differently educated auditors are supported by the estimation results in this paper. The part-time, dual track appears …

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Returns to on-the-job search and the dispersion of wages

Gottfries, Axel; Teulings, Coen N. - 2016

A wide class of models with On-the-Job Search (OJS) predicts that workers gradually select into better-paying jobs, until lay-off occurs, when this selection process starts over from scratch. We develop a simple methodology to test these predictions. Our inference uses two sources of...

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Structural estimation of search intensity : do non-employed workers search enough?

Gautier, Pieter; Moraga-González, José Luis; … - 2007

simultaneously opening more vacancies and increasing participation. A modest binding minimum wage or conditioning UI benefits on …

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Combining micro and macro unemployment duration data

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - 1998

. The distribution of the inflow composition is estimated along with the other parameters. The estimation method deals with …

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