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I propose a new search-and-matching model in which wage rigidity and volatile unemployment endogenously arise. The …-the-job search and replacement hiring into a long-lived jobs framework. The presence of replacement hiring (i) enhances unemployment …
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This paper adds two-sided ex-ante heterogeneity and a production technology inducing sorting to the canonical Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides (DMP) search and matching model. Ex-ante heterogeneity and sorting have important implications for the dynamic properties of the model. The modifications...
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Standard macroeconomic models underpredict the volatility of unemployment fluctuations. A common solution is to assume … jobs. This form of wage rigidity does not affect job creation and thus cannot explain the unemployment volatility puzzle …
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cycle fluctuations in employment and unemployment. They argue that it is likely that wages are not adjusted as regularly as …
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Standard macroeconomic models underpredict the volatility of unemployment fluctuations. A common solution is to assume … jobs. This form of wage rigidity does not affect job creation and thus cannot explain the unemployment volatility puzzle …
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of unemployment and vacancies to negative shocks to the aggregate productivity of labor …
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In employment relationships, a wage is an installment payment on an implicit long-term agreement between a worker and a firm. The price of labor that impacts firm's hiring decisions, instead, reflects the hiring wage as well as the impact of economic conditions at the time of hiring on future...
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competition for talent. High-ability individuals receive higher pay, but are not more likely to be awarded long-term compensation …. These findings suggest that long-term compensation arises in an optimal contract, because competition for talent accentuates …
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applications, I first show that firm wages dampen wage variation over the business cycle, amplifying that in unemployment, with …
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Wage rigidity is an important explanation for unemployment fluctuations. In benchmark models wages for new hires are … respond to rises in unemployment, but respond strongly to falls in unemployment. Job information is crucial for detecting …
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