Showing 1 - 10 of 15
This paper studies match formation and dissolution in frictional marriage markets under labor market uncertainty. We … partners in the marriage market and switch between employment and unemployment in the labor market. In the marriage market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099150
With restricted-use data from the U.S. Census Bureau, I conduct an analysis of the macro- and micro-economic determinants of marrying. Based on observations across a broad segment of calendar years (from 1978 to 2010), I examine the measures of the national unemployment rate for males, national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426988
In a search-theoretic two region model, we analyse the impact of unskilled immigration and skill biased technological change on native wages and unemployment in local labour markets. We show that a specific combination of number and skills of immigrants generates a technology adoption of firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270156
find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271437
This paper studies spatial aspects in local labour markets in Finland from the perspective of a matching approach. The … matching function is extended to account for spatial spill-overs between the local labour markets. The role of population … density in the matching process is also examined. According to results, the Finnish local labour markets suffer from a strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318838
relationship, including turnover, learning, matching, and hold up. It also considers labor market pooling from the perspective of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340770
We study a matching model with heterogenous agents, nontransferable utility and search frictions. Agents differ along a … equilibrium and study how matching occurs depending on the frictions in the market if income is exogenous. If the level of search … decide on their effort levels before they enter the matching market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270127
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270155
-parametric propensity score matching approach, we find that the unexplained gender pay gap for young workers is substantially lower in large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270219
The aim of this paper is to develop a spatial model that explicitly incorporates the different types of knowledge spillovers taking place in cities and to show how they affect the migration decision of individuals and the size of cities. We use a static general equilibrium framework with two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400149