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In this paper, we introduce two sources of unemployment in a two-factor general equilibrium model: search frictions and … fairness considerations. We find that a binding fair-wage constraint increases the unskilled unemployment rate and can at the … same time lead to a higher unemployment rate for skilled workers, as compared to an equilibrium where fairness …
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duration dependence in unemployment benefits in a random on the job search model featuring two-sided heterogeneity. General …
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theory, which has so far focused on labor market frictions in general and not specifically on information asymmetries. Using … unemployment rate and the actual unemployment rate in the country, which is a meaningful indicator of their misperception of labor … model includes: controls for the worker's ability; country-specific fixed effects; the unemployment rate in the region of …
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We use a rich new body of data on the experiences of unemployed job-seekers to determine the sources of wage dispersion and to create a search model consistent with the acceptance decisions the job-seekers made. From the data and the model, we identify the distributions of four key variables:...
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In the US labor market the average black worker is exposed to a lower employment rate and earns a lower wage compared to his white counterpart. Lang and Lehmann (2012) argue that these mean differences mask substantial heterogeneity along the distribution of workers' skill. In particular, they...
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This paper studies how minimum wages affect the wage distribution if firms face financial constraints. Using German employer-employee data and firm balance sheets, we document that the within-firm wage dispersion decreases more with higher minimum wages when firms are financially constrained. We...
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have higher wage dispersion. We also examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and job search. -- Unemployment … ; job search ; time use ; unemployment benefits ; inequality …
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Using an unusually rich matched employer-employee-job title data set for Portugal, this paper evaluates the sources of wage losses of workers displaced due to firm closure based on the comparison of workers' wages differentials before and after displacement. Potential wage losses of displaced...
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This paper develops a sufficient statistics approach for estimating the role of search frictions in wage dispersion and lifecycle wage growth. We show how the wage dynamics of displaced workers are directly informative of both for a large class of search models. Specifically, the correlation...
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This study investigates job polarization in the United States and in France. In the data, the dynamics of employment shares for abstract, routine, and manual jobs appear very similar in the two countries. This similarity actually hides major differences in the dynamics of employment levels by...
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