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The effect of the Hartz labor market reforms on post-unemployment wages, sorting, and matching
Woodcock, Simon D. - 2020
wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228177
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Labor market dynamics with sorting
Schulz, Bastian - 2023
I study a dynamic search-matching model with two-sided heterogeneity, a production complementarity that induces labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014366741
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The Aggregate Effects of the Hartz Reforms in Germany
Hertweck, Matthias S.; Sigrist, Oliver - 2013
This paper quantifies the impact of the Hartz reforms on matching efficiency, using monthly SOEP gross worker flows … the outflow rate (job finding) has been steadily increasing. This indicates that matching efficiency has improved … substantially in recent years. Results from an estimated matching function — pointing to efficiency gains of more than 20 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390684
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Unemployment benefits and unemployment in the great recession: The role of macro effects
Hagedorn, Marcus; Karahan, Fatih; Manovskii, Iourii; … - 2013
We exploit a policy discontinuity at U.S. state borders to identify the effects of unemployment insurance policies on unemployment. Our estimates imply that most of the persistent increase in unemployment during the Great Recession can be accounted for by the unprecedented extensions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333564
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The cyclical behavior of equilibrium unemployment and vacancies revisited
Hagedorn, Marcus; Manovskii, Iourii - 2008
Recently, a number of authors have argued that the standard search model cannot generate the observed business-cycle-frequency fluctuations in unemployment and job vacancies, given shocks of a plausible magnitude. We use data on the cost of vacancy creation and cyclicality of wages to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604899
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Dual Employment Protection Legislation : A Framework for Analysis
Dolado, Juan José; Jansen, Marcel; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2005
In many countries, Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) establishes different regulations for certain groups of workers who face more disadvantages in the labor market (young workers, women, unskilled workers, etc.) with the aim of improving their employability. Wellknown examples are the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273754
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Vacancy matching and labor market conditions
Stadin, Karolina - 2012
the number of unemployed are not very important. Matching frictions are more important for employment during booms than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321379
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Wage rigidity and labor market dynamics with sorting
Schulz, Bastian - 2015
-Mortensen-Pissarides (DMP) search and matching model. Ex-ante heterogeneity and sorting have important implications for the dynamic properties … market. Additionally, endogenous matching sets fluctuate in response to shocks and amplify job-creation. Using a standard …, the firms' matching sets are wider in equilibrium than the workers' matching sets and fluctuate more in response to shocks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280707
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Firms' employment dynamics and the state of the labor market
Stadin, Karolina - 2015
According to search and matching theory, a greater availability of unemployed workers should make it easier for a firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373159
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The aggregate effects of the Hartz reforms in Germany
Hertweck, Matthias S.; Sigrist, Oliver - 2012 - This Version: December 21, 2012
This paper quantifies the impact of the Hartz reforms on matching efficiency, using monthly SOEP gross worker flows … the outflow rate (job finding) has been steadily increasing. This indicates that matching efficiency has improved … substantially in recent years. Results from an estimated matching function - pointing to efficiency gains of more than 20 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687896