in the number of vacancies has a very weak effect on the number of unemployed workers being hired: unemployed workers … appear to be unable to compete for many available jobs. Vacancies are filled quickly and there is no (or only weak) evidence … that high unemployment makes it easier to fill vacancies; hiring appears to be determined by labour demand while frictions …

in the number of vacancies has a weak effect on the number of unemployed workers being hired: unemployed workers appear … to be unable to compete for many available jobs. Vacancies are filled quickly and there is no (or only weak) evidence … that high unemployment makes it easier to fill vacancies; hiring appears to be determined by labour demand while frictions …

According to search-matching theory, the Beveridge curve slopes downward because vacancies are filled more quickly when … unemployment makes it easier to fill vacancies. Instead, there are few vacancies when unemployment is high because there is a low … inflow of new vacancies. We construct a simple model with on-the-job search and show that it is broadly consistent with the …

We use a novel data set on firm vacancies and job seekers from a Mexican government job placement service to analyze …

, Germany, and the United Kingdom, we document striking similarities in spatial differences in unemployment, vacancies, job …

percent increase in the state-level effective minimum wage reduces vacancies by 2.4 percent in the same quarter, and the … cumulative effect is as large as 4.5 percent a year later. The negative effect on vacancies is more pronounced for occupations …. We argue that our focus on vacancies versus on employment has a distinct advantage of highlighting a mechanism through …

percent increase in the statelevel effective minimum wage reduces vacancies by 2.4 percent in the same quarter, and the … cumulative effect is as large as 4.5 percent a year later. The negative effect on vacancies is more pronounced for occupations …. We argue that our focus on vacancies versus on employment has a distinct advantage of highlighting a mechanism through …

, Germany, and the United Kingdom, we document striking similarities in spatial differences in unemployment, vacancies, job …