prevalence of social networks in job search there is as yet no consensus on the mechanisms for why referrals are so important: an …

We study whether there are improvements in worker-firm matching when employers and applicants can credibly signal their … analyze a matching process in which firms fill some of their inter- view slots by invitation and the remainder are filled by …

How the internet affects job matching is not well understood due to a lack of data on job vacancies and quasi …

How the internet affects job matching is not well understood due to a lack of data on job vacancies and quasi …

Much of the job search literature assumes bilateral meetings between workers and firms. This ignores the frictions that … search model with an endogenous number of contacts. Workers contact firms by applying to vacancies, whereas firms contact … equilibrium welfare is improved if unemployed workers increase their search intensity. -- Directed Search ; Recruitment ; Stable …

all their candidates) only wage mechanisms that allow for ex post Bertrand competition generate the maximum matching on a … realized network. -- efficiency ; network clearing ; random bipartite network formation ; simultaneous search …

mechanisms that allow for ex post Bertrand competition generate the maximum matching on a realized network. -- efficiency … ; network clearing ; random bipartite network formation ; simultaneous search …

. Only wage mechanisms that allow for ex post competition generate the maximum matching on a realized network. We show that … random search with ex post competition in wages leads to the maximum number of matches and is socially efficient in terms of …

How the internet affects job matching is not well understood due to a lack of data on job vacancies and quasi …