stochastic frontier matching function has constant returns, whereas in OLS estimation with fixed effects the returns are slightly …Stochastic production frontiers are used for estimating regional matching functions where unemployment outflow is … 'produced' by the unemployed and vacancies. The frontier is estimated using regional panel data from Finland from 1988 to 1997 …

Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a search-matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the willingness to …

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 …