. Moreover, it is shown that the neglect of endogenous but not observable behavior in the empirical literature on labor matching … leads to systematically biased estimates of the matching elasticities, posing a caveat on the results of previous studies … testing for constant returns of the matching function. The theoretical model presented allows to predict the direction of the …

We reassess the role of vacancies in a Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides style search and matching model. In the absence of … vacancy longevity for modeling and calibration, in particular regarding match cyclicality and wages. When calibrated to the …

This paper shows that the matching function and the Beveridge curve in the United States exhibit strong nonlinearities … over the business cycle. These patterns can be replicated by enhancing a search and matching model with idiosyncratic …

This paper makes two contributions to the empirical matching literature. First, a recent study by Anderson and Burgess … (2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching framework, is replicated with a richer and more … accurate data set for Germany. Their results are confirmed and found to be surprisingly robust. Second, the matching framework …

wages of displaced German workers after they returned to work. We also present a simple new method to decompose the wage … wages of displaced workers after their return to work. Women experienced smaller wage losses than men. For both sexes, over … wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …

migrants with a Turkish origin or Central and Eastern European (including Russian) background. Job search theory is used to …