This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are … quit decisions. This approach obviates the need for a matching function. On this theoretical basis, we argue that the … matching function is vulnerable to the Lucas critique. Our calibrated model for the U.S. economy can account for important …

After a decade in which wages and employment fell precipitously in low-skill occupations and expanded in high … accounted for by a single proximate cause - rising employment and wages in low-education, in-person service occupations. We … automation. We find that in labor markets that were initially specialized in routine-intensive occupations, employment and wages …

labor market states. In steady-state, we hence have a theory of equilibrium unemployment determined by both matching … of large flows between employment, unemployment and inactivity. Secondly, it shows that unemployment and aggregate wages … labor force and rises the share of attached workers. Finally, our theory suggests that contrary to two-state models …

We show that equilibrium matching models imply that standard estimates of the matching function elasticities are … basic version of the matching function using aggregate U.S. data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS …) suggests that the bias is quantitatively important. -- matching function estimation ; unemployment ; vacancies ; job finding …

Does the search and matching model fit aggregate U.S. labor market data? While the model has become an important tool … market dynamics. -- search ; matching ; U.S. labor market ; vacancies ; labor market flows ; business cycles …

We offer an integrated explanation and empirical analysis of the polarization of U.S. employment and wages between 1980 …