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In this paper, we present a spatial equilibrium model where search frictions hinder the immediate reallocation of workers both within and across local labour markets. Because of the frictions, firms and workers find themselves in bilateral monopoly positions when determining wages. Although...
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entrepreneurs in new firm creation. Using city-industry variation over four decades, we estimate the employment - wage elasticity to … local population is associated with a proportional increase in employment. These results provide indirect information about …
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In most modern macroeconomic models, the steady state (or balanced growth path) of the system is a local attractor, in the sense that, in the absence of shocks, the economy would converge to the steady state. In this paper, we examine whether the time series behavior of macroeconomic aggregates...
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countries has decreased substantially while the negative effect of a country's own employment growth (or labor force growth) on …
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employment, and (3) are utilitarian. " Formally, the problem is a special case of a multidimensional screening problem with two … redistribution in this environment involves distorting market" employment upwards for low net-income individuals (through negative … marginal income taxes or" employment subsidies) and distorting employment downward for high net-income individuals" (through …
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