Using a rich dataset from West Africa, we examine the household characteristics associated with membership in community … role as well: CBO membership is less likely for ethnic groups that traditionally emphasize livestock raising. Next we look … for evidence of assortative matching along multiple dimensions, using an original methodology based on dyadic regressions …

group membership. We analyze an exogenous decision (random draw) and an endogenous decision (made by a particular group … member) mechanism to extend a temporary agent's group membership. Our results reveal that the prospect of group membership …

their match. We study two prevalent approaches for matching within organizations: Centralized assignment by firm leaders and …

their match. We study two prevalent approaches for matching within organizations: Centralized assignment by firm leaders and …

strength of assortative matching. The basic intuition underlying our empirical strategy is that, in the presence of positive … (negative) assortative matching, good workers are more (less) likely to move to better firms than bad workers. Assuming that … matching is pervasive in the labor market. This result is in contrast with what we find from correlating the worker and firm …

provides a valid approximation of observed wages and matching patterns for a large part of the data. For low-type workers …

Swedish manufacturing sector, we find increased assortative matching of workers in ICT (information and communication … intensity do not exhibit these sorting patterns. A labour market matching model explains the increased assortative matching in …