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We develop an empirical search-matching model which is suitable for analyzing the wage, employment and welfare impact … wage determination and employment which extends the current literature on equilibrium wage determination with matching and … of assortative matching between workers and jobs due to complementarities between worker and job characteristics. We use …
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In a circular matching model with bargained wages, firms rank their applicants and pick the most suitable one. Job …
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data from a growing online platform that matches travelers and hosts to study matching and transaction costs on online … platforms. I show that the matching probability for guests has increased by 18% over a span of two years on the platform. I then …
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This paper tests the explanatory and predictive power of a theory of dictatorship (e.g., Wintrobe 1998, 2007) when applied to the case of theocracy and in particular to the history of the temporal power of the Popes. We consider the behaviour of the Catholic theocracy in the Papal States, as...
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entrepreneurial firms in the period 1990–2004. By employing various matching procedures, we show that VC types differ in their …
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-worker matching model in small entrepreneurial firms. The model contemplates the existence of complementarities between workers’ and … analysis provides descriptive results consistent with the matching model: skill stratification—entrepreneurs are more skilled …
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matching approach in order to correctly analyze the impact of school ownership on student performance. After tackling the self …
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This paper analyzes the effect of recent technical change on the labor market and explains the observed differences in wage inequality among advanced countries. In particular, we focus on the difference between the inequality in the U.S. and in continental Europe. Many studies have indicated a...
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Bulow and Levin’s (<CitationRef CitationID="CR3">2006</CitationRef>) “Matching and Price Competition” studies a … matching model in which hospitals compete for interns by offering wages. We relax the assumption of symmetric linear costs and …
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