Reduced-form tests of scale effects in markets with search, run when aggregate matching functions are estimated, may … higher realized wages and not more matches, because the scale effects on matches are offset by the response of reservation … wages. …

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 …

and receive lower wages compared to their counterparts with extended benefit duration. -- Unemployment benefits …

and receive lower wages compared to their counterparts with extended benefit duration. -- Unemployment benefits …

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 …

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 …