This thesis is comprised of three chapters. The first investigates the implications of industrial clustering for labor … on labor market outcomes. The results show that clustering makes it easier for workers to job hop among establishments … importance of geography in understanding labor market dynamics within industries.While the first chapter reveals striking …

-domain techniques can provide. There are three major questions I pursue. The first is why equilibrium search models of labor market … Granger causality test. Finally, the third question I address investigates the connections between labor productivity growth …

The dissertation offers an analysis of the labor reallocation process in Japan and sheds light on its relationship with … during this period, mainly through exits by relatively productive firms.The second chapter investigates the labor input and … partial equilibrium industry model with heterogeneous establishments and aggregate uncertainty shows that the EAS lowers labor …

Dynamics Estimates partnership with 37 state Labor Market Information offices. Both chapters provide a discussion of …

The role of skilled labor in the modern economy and its importance in explaining trends in wage inequality and … productivity has been a focus of a broad strand of research in economics. Labor is an input into production that is very different … that affects their access to labor and potentially affects their decisions on the technology they will adopt. While many …

Recently, the heterogeneity of workers has been documented and emphasized as a very important feature of labor in … various economics fields. Labor is one of the key inputs in the production process, and it is quite different from other … number of workers (or hours worked) as a single variable representing labor input. Studies using micro level databases could …

Though economists have examined labor displacement due to digitization, few have considered the new work and value …