search for a job-type that matches their skill. They face a trade-off between match quality and the cost of extended search …. This trade-off differs between regions, because search is more efficient in larger regions. Then, interregional mobility … commodities that are search intensive, i.e. that require a wide variety of tasks and make use of scarce worker types. Empirical …

realized network. -- efficiency ; network clearing ; random bipartite network formation ; simultaneous search …When workers send applications to vacancies they create a network. Frictions arise if workers do not know where other … workers apply to (this affects network creation) and firms do not know which candidates other firms consider (this affects …

; network clearing ; random bipartite network formation ; simultaneous search …When workers send applications to vacancies they create a network. Frictions arise because workers typically do not … friction affects network formation, while the second coordination friction affects network clearing. We show that those …

When workers send applications to vacancies they create a bipartite network. Coordination frictions arise if workers …. 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 …

We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increase job search intensity. Most … of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influences the arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it … as the number of job applications that workers send out. The wage distribution and job search intensities are …