This paper makes two contributions to the empirical matching literature. First, a recent study by Anderson and Burgess … (2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching frame-work, is replicated with a richer and more … accurate data set for Germany. Their results are confirmed and found to be surprisingly robust. Second, the matching framework …

This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of … the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is …

By applying a stochastic production frontier approach to the matching process of unemployed and vacancies, this paper … jobs, and of the overall efficiency of job creation. Some crucial determinants of the overall matching efficiency are …

This paper investigates spatial correlation in the matching process of vacant jobs and job seekers. The importance of … clusters of regions of particularly intense interregional matching, and examine the effects of German re-unification. After … variation in unemployment rates, combined with little inter-regional migration. We find evidence in favor of labor market …

This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of … the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is …

This paper investigates the differences in the matching process of job seekers and vacancies to be filled between … different educational and occupational groups. To investigate this issue, matching functions are estimated across different …

This paper investigates spatial correlation in the matching process of vacant jobs and job seekers. The importance of … clusters of regions of particularly intense interregional matching, and examine the effects of German re-unification. After … variation in unemployment rates, combined with little inter-regional migration. We find evidence in favor of labor market …

By applying a stochastic production frontier approach to the matching process of unemployed and vacancies, this paper … jobs, and of the overall efficiency of job creation. Some crucial determinants of the overall matching efficiency are …

This paper makes two contributions to the empirical matching literature. First, a recent study by Anderson and Burgess … (2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching framework, is replicated with a richer and more … accurate data set for Germany. Their results are confirmed and found to be surprisingly robust. Second, the matching framework …

This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of … the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is …