, to quantify the impact of spatial matching frictions and mobility costs on the job search process. Migration decisions …-specific matching and amenity parameters and to measure the impact of distance on spatial constraints. We find that after controlling …

This paper investigates the role of worker-firm matching algorithms in accounting for early job separation rates. For … predictors for the job separation rates and propose alternative matching methods using the serial dictatorship. Our simulation … results show that alternative matching methods can substantially reduce job separation rates, suggesting a possible …

Are labor markets in higher-income countries more meritocratic, in the sense that worker-job matching is based on … the role of worker-job matching in development accounting, we build an equilibrium matching model that allows for cross … determine match feasibility; (ii) technology, which determines the returns to matching; and (iii) idiosyncratic matching …