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Recruiting agents, or "programs" costly screen “applicants” in matching processes, and congestion in a market increases … costs can be used as a Pigouvian tax. Higher costs reduce congestion by discouraging applicants from applying to certain … experimental and structural estimates show that a (low) application cost effectively reduces congestion without harming match …
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and wages move in the same direction under neo-classical assumptions, agglomeration economies in production, congestion in … congestion in production or the agglomeration in consumption models. The micro-economics of such consumption … thus suggest that consumption-oriented agglomeration and congestion should receive more attention in the future. …
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Urbanization economies - the effects on productivity and utility created endogenously by larger cities - are a fundamental component of both the economic geography of modern societies and the perpetuation of innovation and economic growth at a national level. Cities account for vast majorities...
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(agriculture). Our focus is mainly on the costs associated with congestion and pollution as well the impact of under-priced energy … indicative estimates of the external costs of energy subsidies, as manifested in congestion and pollution. Our estimates using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513142
It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with search frictions and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after imposition, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261543
(agriculture). Our focus is mainly on the costs associated with congestion and pollution as well the impact of under-priced energy … indicative estimates of the external costs of energy subsidies, as manifested in congestion and pollution. Our estimates using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011220719
It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with search frictions and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after imposition, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703158
and wages move in the same direction under neo-classical assumptions, agglomeration economies in production, congestion in … congestion in production or the agglomeration in consumption models. The micro-economics of such consumption … thus suggest that consumption-oriented agglomeration and congestion should receive more attention in the future. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822201
Urbanization economies – the effects on productivity and utility created endogenously by larger cities – are a fundamental component of both the economic geography of modern societies and the perpetuation of innovation and economic growth at a national level. Cities account for vast...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469719