This paper investigates spatial correlation in the matching process of vacant jobs and job seekers. The importance of … autocorrelation in regional hires, unemployment and vacancy levels, we examine the patterns of new matches in regions, identify … clusters of regions of particularly intense interregional matching, and examine the effects of German re-unification. After …

This paper addresses the large degree of frictional wage dispersion in US data. The standard job matching model without …-the-job search in a stochastic job matching model. Our key result is that the inclusion of variable on-the-job search increases the …

This paper develops a labour market matching model with heterogeneous firms, on-thejob search and referrals. Social …

In this paper, an agent-based search and matching (ABSAM) model of a local labor market with heterogeneous agents and … an on-the-job search is developed, i.e. job seekers who vary in unemployment duration, skills levels and preferences … job placement agencies’ services, as well as minimum wage and unemployment benefits, considerably interact with and …

This paper develops a model of equilibrium unemployment with (unobservable) endogenous on-the-job search and (partly …. Moreover, it is shown that the neglect of endogenous but not observable behavior in the empirical literature on labor matching … leads to systematically biased estimates of the matching elasticities, posing a caveat on the results of previous studies …

provide a framework with microeconomic foundations that give rise to matching frictions, which can be used to understand the … indeed, more frequently used aggregate matching technology. Existing differences turn out to be crucial for the empirical …

This paper assesses wage setting and wage dynamics in a search and matching framework where (i) workers and firms on …