women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a larger share of their earnings in the two years following job … unemployment remains. In a standard decomposition framework, we document that child care imposes an important barrier to women …

wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …

state-level initial unemployment insurance claims, changes in the unemployment rate, and changes in private employment. The …

. Using both regression-adjustment and propensity score matching methods, we estimate that experiencing a job displacement …

lemon exists in the resulting matching pattern. Using the Abowd et al. (1999) model I show that the individual layoffs are …) against the matching model (Becker, 1973). Using three different measures of sorting, I find that the matching changes …

market flows and reduce unemployment duration. Without attempting to evaluate the specific components of these Hartz reforms …, in speeding up the matching process between unemployed and vacant jobs. The analysis is conceptually rooted in the flow …-based view underlying the reforms, estimating the structural features of the matching process. The results indicate that the …