This paper presents a test of the educational signaling hypothesis. If employers use education as a signal in the …

This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of … the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is … mismatch and labor market tightness, and therefore provides valuable information necessary for the conduct of labor market …

This paper considers a matching model of heterogenous workers and jobs which includes onthe-job search. High …

In my asymmetric-information model of layoffs, high-productivity workers are more likely to be recalled to their former … not have a positive signaling benefit. Analysis of the data from the January 1988-2000 Displaced Workers Supplements to … workers displaced through plant closings in the predicted way, and finds evidence consistent with asymmetric information in …