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Convexity and Complementarity in Network Formation: Implications for the Structure of Pairwise Stable Networks

Hellmann, Tim - 2010

This paper studies the properties of convexity (concavity) and strategic complements (substitutes) in network formation and the implications for the structure of pairwise stable networks. First, different definitions of convexity (concavity) in own links from the literature are put into the...

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Time-Inconsistent Generosity: Present Bias across Individual and Social Contexts

Kölle, Felix; Wenner, Lukas - 2019

We investigate the presence and stability of dynamically inconsistent time preferences across contexts with and without …

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Optimal Destabilization of Cartels

von Auer, Ludwig; Pham, Tu Anh - 2020

A model-based derivation of an effective antitrust policy requires an economic framework that includes three actors: a cartel, a group of competing fringe firms, and a welfare maximizing antitrust authority. In existing models of cartel behavior, at least one of these actors is always missing....

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The effects of job displacement on the onset and progression of diabetes

Bergemann, Annette; Grönqvist, Erik; Gudbjörnsdottir, … - 2011

Are there negative health effects from losing the job? We analyze the causal effect of job displacement on diabetes incidence and prevalence. Type 2 diabetes is an illness that is directly affected by lifestyle factors and psychosocial stress, and with severe side-effects deteriorating the...

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Matching across space: evidence from Finland

Ahtonen, Sanna-Mari - 2004

easier than a job seeker is employed. The results show that the matching efficiency is remarkable lower in dense areas than …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 …

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Marshallian Labor Market Pooling: Evidence from Italy

Andini, Monica; de Blasio, Guido; Duranton, Gilles; … - 2012

relationship, including turnover, learning, matching, and hold up. It also considers labor market pooling from the perspective of …

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Knowledge accumulation in cities: The role of imitation and innovation

Assmann, Dirk; Stiller, Johannes - 2014

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...

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Marriage and Divorce under Labor Market Uncertainty

Holzner, Christian; Schulz, Bastian - 2019

This paper studies match formation and dissolution in frictional marriage markets under labor market uncertainty. We propose a search model with transferable utility in which ex-ante heterogeneous men and women simultaneously search for partners in the marriage market and switch between...

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Speaking the same language - The effect of foreign origin teachers on students’ language skills

Höckel, Lisa - 2019

Population diversity arising from international migration does not only affect the labor market, but also its training ground - the classroom. While the economics literature studies the large and persistent achievement gap between native and foreign origin students, surprisingly little is known...

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Globalization and the Concentration of Talent

Schetter, Ulrich; Tejada, Oriol - 2018

We analyze the allocation of talent across teams in large matching markets with competition for rank. We show that … talent, i.e. it makes positive assortative matching more likely and negative assortative matching less likely. This is in …

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