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matching – Suchprozesse am Arbeitsmarkt

Offene Stellen bei gleichzeitiger Arbeitslosigkeit - was Arbeitsmarkttheorien u. a. mit "unvollkommener Information" begründen, ist für Unternehmen und Arbeitsuchende oft nur schwer nachzuvollziehen: Unternehmen können freie Stellen nicht besetzen, trotzdem finden Arbeitsuchende nur schwer den passenden Job. Wie gestalten sich die Suchprozesse bei Unternehmen und Arbeitsuchenden, welche Konzessionen sind beide Seiten bereit einzugehen, wie lässt sich das "matching" verbessern?
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    Efficiency Of Wage Bargaining With On-The-Job Search (2020)

    Cai, Xiaoming;

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    Cai, Xiaoming (2020): Efficiency Of Wage Bargaining With On-The-Job Search. In: International Economic Review, Jg. 61, H. 4, S. 1749-1775. DOI:10.1111/iere.12478

    Abstract

    "This article studies efficiency in a general class of search models where both unemployed and employed workers search for better jobs and can meet multiple firms simultaneously. Employers can respond to outside offers and wages are a weighted average of the productivities of the current employer and a credible poaching firm. I derive a condition that balances firms' bargaining power and their meeting externality. This condition ensures efficiency of both worker turnover and firm entry. Finally, the efficiency condition unifies and extends many of the results on the efficiency of equilibrium search models." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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    Recruitment Policies, Job-Filling Rates and Matching Efficiency (2020)

    Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos ; Kaas, Leo; Gartner, Hermann ;

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    Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos, Hermann Gartner & Leo Kaas (2020): Recruitment Policies, Job-Filling Rates and Matching Efficiency. (IAB-Discussion Paper 15/2020), Nürnberg, 51 S.

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    "Für das Matching am Arbeitsmarkt spielt das Rekrutierungsverhalten der Betriebe eine zentrale Rolle. Um zu untersuchen, wie das Rekrutierungsverhalten mit der Zahl der Einstellungen zusammenhängt, verknüpfen wir die IAB-Stellenerhebung mit administrativen Daten. Es zeigt sich: Mehr Einstellungen sind mit mehr Suchaufwand verbunden, mit großzügigeren Löhnen und mit geringeren Anforderungen an die Arbeitsuchenden. Um zu analysieren, welcher Mechanismus diesem Muster zugrunde liegt, entwickeln wir ein Modell mit zielgerichteter Suche. Betriebe können dabei bei Produktivitätsschocks ihr Rekrutierungsverhalten über mehrere Stellschrauben anpassen. Im kalibrierten Modell erweist sich das Anforderungsnieveau als wichtigste Stellschraube für die Auswirkung auf die Matching-Effizienz und für die Wirksamkeit von Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Suchaufwand und die Lohnpolitik spielen demgegenüber eine kleinere Rolle." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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    Social Insurance And Occupational Mobility (2020)

    Cubas, German; Silos, Pedro;

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    Cubas, German & Pedro Silos (2020): Social Insurance And Occupational Mobility. In: International Economic Review, Jg. 61, H. 1, S. 219-240. DOI:10.1111/iere.12422

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    "This article studies how insurance from progressive taxation improves the matching of workers to occupations. We propose an equilibrium dynamic assignment model to illustrate how social insurance encourages mobility. Workers experiment to find their best occupational fit in a process filled with uncertainty. Risk aversion and limited earnings insurance induce workers to remain in unfitting occupations. We estimate the model using microdata from the United States and Germany. Higher earnings uncertainty explains the U.S. higher mobility rate. When workers in the United States enjoy Germany's higher progressivity, mobility rises. Output and welfare gains are large." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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    Evidence on job search models from a survey of unemployed workers in Germany (2020)

    DellaVigna, Stefano; Heining, Jörg; Schmieder, Johannes F.; Trenkle, Simon ;

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    DellaVigna, Stefano, Jörg Heining, Johannes F. Schmieder & Simon Trenkle (2020): Evidence on job search models from a survey of unemployed workers in Germany. (IAB-Discussion Paper 13/2020), Nürnberg, 60 S.

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    "Die Wahrscheinlichkeit eine neue Beschäftigung zu finden nimmt für Bezieher von Leistungen aus der Arbeitslosenversicherung in den ersten Monaten der Arbeitslosigkeit zunächst ab, steigt dann aber zum Ende der Bezugsdauer wieder an, um danach erneut abzuflachen. Zahlreiche theoretische Ansätze wurden bisher vorgeschlagen, um dieses Muster zu erklären, jedoch ist dies kaum möglich sofern dafür nur Daten über die Tatsache der Arbeitsaufnahme an sich herangezogen werden. Um die zugrundeliegenden Mechanismen besser zu verstehen, haben wir mittels SMS-Kurznachrichten eine groß angelegte Befragung von Arbeitslosen durchgeführt. Insgesamt wurden über 6.800 Leistungsbezieher zweimal pro Woche über jeweils vier Monate über den zeitlichen Aufwand bei der Suche nach einem neuen Arbeitsplatz befragt. Aufgrund der resultierenden Panelstruktur war es uns nun möglich Erkenntnisse zu sammeln, wie sich dieser zeitliche Aufwand auf individueller Ebene über die Dauer der Arbeitslosigkeit hinweg entwickelt. Unsere drei Hauptergebnisse lauten: 1) Der Suchaufwand verläuft flach zu Beginn der Arbeitslosigkeit. 2) Weiter steigt der Suchaufwand zum Ende der Bezugsdauer an, nimmt im Anschluss daran jedoch wieder ab. 3) Es gibt keine Anzeichen dafür, dass Leistungsbezieher die Aufnahme einer neuen Beschäftigung bewusst an das Ende der Bezugsdauer verzögern. Insbesondere das zweite und das dritte dieser Ergebnisse lassen sich kaum mit den Standardmodellen zur Arbeitssuche basierend auf unbeobachteter Heterogenität bzw. so genannten Storable Offer Modellen erklären. Dagegen können die genannten Ergebnisse gut mittels eines Suchmodells mit Reference Dependence erklärt werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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    Heining, Jörg; Trenkle, Simon ;

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    The role of search frictions in the long-run relationships between inflation, unemployment and capital (2020)

    Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro; Huangfu, Stella; Sun, Hongfei ;

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    Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro, Stella Huangfu & Hongfei Sun (2020): The role of search frictions in the long-run relationships between inflation, unemployment and capital. In: European Economic Review, Jg. 123. DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103396

    Abstract

    "This paper explores the long-run relationships between inflation, unemployment and capital accumulation by proposing a model with search frictions in both goods and labor markets. This framework allows us to identify a negative extensive margin effect of inflation on the number of firms demanding capital and a positive intensive margin effect of inflation on the capital demanded per firm. The two effects together generate a hump-shaped relationship between long-run inflation and aggregate capital. These results are consistent with our empirical evidence from a cross-section of 76 countries, which suggests a non-monotonic relationship between inflation and investment to GDP ratio in the long run. Our calibrated results are also consistent with empirical findings from the U.S. data on the effect of inflation on capital stock, unemployment and the real interest rates." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2020 Elsevier) ((en))

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    The German job search panel (2020)

    Hetschko, Clemens ; Schmidtke, Julia ; Stephan, Gesine ; Schöb, Ronnie ; Lawes, Mario ; Eid, Michael ;

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    Hetschko, Clemens, Julia Schmidtke, Michael Eid, Mario Lawes, Ronnie Schöb & Gesine Stephan (2020): The German job search panel. (OSF preprints), 2020-04-23. DOI:10.31219/osf.io/7jazr

    Abstract

    "This report introduces the German Job Search Panel, a longitudinal survey that follows people who register as job seeking over the course of up to two years. The focus of the survey is on job seekers’ well-being and health. An innovative survey app is used to allow for frequent measurement every month and for conducting the experience sampling method. The collected data may be linked to administrative records of the Federal Employment Agency, provided that people give their consent. A subsample of surveyed job seekers took part in hair sampling to measure their cortisol levels. In this report, we describe the sampling procedure, adjustments over the recruitment period and the collected data. We moreover examine selective participation in the panel. It turns out that high-skilled workers, young individuals and women were more likely to sign up. Age increases the probability to take part in the hair sampling. People working in East Germany were more likely to consent to the linkage of survey data and administrative records." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Discriminated by an algorithm: a systematic review of discrimination and fairness by algorithmic decision-making in the context of HR recruitment and HR development (2020)

    Köchling, Alina ; Wehner, Marius Claus ;

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    Köchling, Alina & Marius Claus Wehner (2020): Discriminated by an algorithm. A systematic review of discrimination and fairness by algorithmic decision-making in the context of HR recruitment and HR development. In: Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, Jg. 13, H. 3, S. 795-848. DOI:10.1007/s40685-020-00134-w

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    "Algorithmic decision-making is becoming increasingly common as a new source of advice in HR recruitment and HR development. While firms implement algorithmic decision-making to save costs as well as increase efficiency and objectivity, algorithmic decision-making might also lead to the unfair treatment of certain groups of people, implicit discrimination, and perceived unfairness. Current knowledge about the threats of unfairness and (implicit) discrimination by algorithmic decision-making is mostly unexplored in the human resource management context. Our goal is to clarify the current state of research related to HR recruitment and HR development, identify research gaps, and provide crucial future research directions. Based on a systematic review of 36 journal articles from 2014 to 2020, we present some applications of algorithmic decision-making and evaluate the possible pitfalls in these two essential HR functions. In doing this, we inform researchers and practitioners, offer important theoretical and practical implications, and suggest fruitful avenues for future research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Labor force participation, job search effort and unemployment insurance in the laboratory (2020)

    Lechthaler, Wolfgang ; Ring, Patrick ;

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    Lechthaler, Wolfgang & Patrick Ring (2020): Labor force participation, job search effort and unemployment insurance in the laboratory. (Kiel working paper 2149), Kiel, 39 S.

    Abstract

    "How the provision of unemployment benefits affects employment and unemployment is a debated issue. In this paper, we aim at complementing theoretical and empirical contributions to this debate with a laboratory experiment: We simulate a job market with search effort and labor force participation decisions while varying the maximum length of unemployment benefit eligibility. Our results reveal two separable, opposing effects: Individuals within the labor force search with lower effort when unemployment benefits are extended. However, individuals are more likely to participate in the labor force and to actively search for a job. Concerning employment, the second effect dominates so that unemployment benefits raise employment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Your wingman could help you land a job: How beauty composition of applicants affects the call-back probability (2020)

    Leckcivilize, Attakrit ; Straub, Alexander ;

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    Leckcivilize, Attakrit & Alexander Straub (2020): Your wingman could help you land a job: How beauty composition of applicants affects the call-back probability. In: Labour Economics, Jg. 65. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101857

    Abstract

    "This paper analyses how both own appearance and the beauty composition of other candidates influence the chances of being selected for a job interview. Based on our lab experiment with randomised CVs, we confirm the role of appearance on job recruitment. Importantly, we show that appearance of other applicants with the same gender has significant incremental effects on top of the existing beauty premium. This “wingman effect” is more pronounced in high skilled occupations and mainly among male recruiters. We provide evidence that the “wingman effect” is not driven by system one decision making and predominantly affects choices at the margin." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2020 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Declining Search Frictions, Unemployment and Growth (2020)

    Martellini, Paolo; Menzio, Guido ;

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    Martellini, Paolo & Guido Menzio (2020): Declining Search Frictions, Unemployment and Growth. In: Journal of Political Economy, Jg. 128, H. 12, S. 4387-4437. DOI:10.1086/710975

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    "For a search-theoretic model of the labor market, we seek conditions for the existence of a Balanced Growth Path (BGP), an equilibrium in which unemployment, vacancy, and worker's transition rates remain constant in the face of improvements in the production and search technologies. A BGP exists iff firm-worker matches are inspection goods, and the idiosyncratic component of productivity of a match is drawn from a Pareto distribution. Declining search frictions contribute to the growth of the economy with an intensity that depends on the tail coeffcient of the Pareto distribution. A corollary of the theory is that market size does not affect unemployment, vacancy and worker's transition rates even with non-constant returns to scale in search. We develop a strategy to measure the rate of decline of search frictions, the returns to scale in search, and their contribution to growth." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Skills, signals, and employability: An experimental investigation (2020)

    Piopiunik, Marc; Simon, Lisa; Schwerdt, Guido; Wößmann, Ludger;

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    Piopiunik, Marc, Guido Schwerdt, Lisa Simon & Ludger Wößmann (2020): Skills, signals, and employability: An experimental investigation. In: European Economic Review, Jg. 123. DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103374

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    "Because most skills of labor-market entrants are not directly observed by employers, individuals acquire skill signals. To study which signals are valued by employers, we randomize several skill signals on resumes of fictitious applicants among which we ask a large representative sample of German human-resource managers to choose. We find that signals in both studied domains – cognitive and social skills – have significant effects on being invited for a job interview. Consistent with their relevance, expectedness, and credibility, different signals are effective for apprenticeship applicants and college graduates. While GPAs and social skills are significant for both genders, females are particularly rewarded for IT and language skills. Older HR managers value school grades less and other signals more. HR managers in larger firms value college grades more." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2020 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Estimation of a Roy/search/compensating differential model of the labor market (2020)

    Taber, Christopher; Vejlin, Rune;

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    Taber, Christopher & Rune Vejlin (2020): Estimation of a Roy/search/compensating differential model of the labor market. In: Econometrica, Jg. 88, H. 3, S. 1031-1069. DOI:10.3982/ECTA14441

    Abstract

    "In this paper, we develop a model that captures key components of the Roy model, a search model, compensating differentials, and human capital accumulation on-the-job. We establish which components of the model can be non-parametrically identified and which ones cannot. We estimate the model and use it to assess the relative contribution of the different factors for overall wage inequality. We find that variation in premarket skills (the key feature of the Roy model) is the most important component to account for the majority of wage variation. We also demonstrate that there is substantial interaction between the other components, most notably, that the importance of the job match obtained by search frictions varies from around 4% to around 29%, depending on how we account for other components. Inequality due to preferences for non-pecuniary aspects of the job (which leads to compensating differentials) and search are both very important for explaining other features of the data. Search is important for turnover, but so are preferences for non-pecuniary aspects of jobs as one-third of all choices between two jobs would have resulted in a different outcome if the worker only cared about wages." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Do high-wage jobs attract more applicants? Directed search evidence from the online labor market (2019)

    Banfi, Stefano; Villena-Roldán, Benjamín;

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    Banfi, Stefano & Benjamín Villena-Roldán (2019): Do high-wage jobs attract more applicants? Directed search evidence from the online labor market. In: Journal of labor economics, Jg. 37, H. 3, S. 715-746. DOI:10.1086/702627

    Abstract

    "Labor markets become more efficient in theory if job seekers direct their search. Using online job board data, we show that high-wage ads attract more applicants as in directed search models. Due to distinctive data features, we also estimate significant but milder directed search for hidden (or implicit) wages, suggesting that ad texts and requirements tacitly convey wage information. Since explicit-wage ads often target unskilled workers, other estimates in the literature ignoring hidden-wage ads may suffer from selection bias. Moreover, job ad requirements are aligned with their applicants' traits, as predicted in directed search models with heterogeneity." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Structural empirical evaluation of job search monitoring (2019)

    Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der;

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    Berg, Gerard J. van den & Bas van der Klaauw (2019): Structural empirical evaluation of job search monitoring. In: International Economic Review, Jg. 60, H. 2, S. 879-903. DOI:10.1111/iere.12376

    Abstract

    "To evaluate search effort monitoring of unemployed workers, it is important to take account of post-unemployment wages and job-to-job mobility. We structurally estimate a model with search channels, using an RCT in which monitoring is randomized. The data include registers and survey data on search behavior. We find that the opportunity to move to better-paid jobs in employment reduces the extent to which monitoring induces substitution towards formal search channels in unemployment. Job mobility compensates for adverse long-run effects of monitoring on wages. We examine counterfactual policies against moral hazard, like reemployment bonuses and changes of the benefits path." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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    Upward-sloping labor supply, firing costs and collusion (2019)

    Capuano, Carlo; Grassi, Iacopo;

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    Capuano, Carlo & Iacopo Grassi (2019): Upward-sloping labor supply, firing costs and collusion. In: Economics Bulletin, Jg. 39, H. 1, S. 502-512.

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    "We analyze the sustainability of collusion in a supergames framework wherein the only input is a highly qualified type of labor, with its supply being upward-sloping and the wage being sensitive to the industry input demand. Hence, when seeking to expand production, firms have to attract additional employees by offering them higher wages. We compare equilibria and social welfare in both quantity and price competitions, as well as by considering non-negligible firing costs. We prove that: the sensitivity of wages to the industry demand for labor facilitates collusion in price competition (in quantity competition, the reverse is true); in both price and quantity competitions, collusion should be welfare-enhancing when the sensitivity of wage is high enough. Moreover, the introduction of firing costs, decreasing the incentive to cut the production after a temporary rise, reduces the deviation profits making collusion easier to sustain. Our results can be extended to any context where input prices are endogenous." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Financial risk and unemployment (2019)

    Eckstein, Zvi; Weiss, David ; Setty, Ofer;

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    Eckstein, Zvi, Ofer Setty & David Weiss (2019): Financial risk and unemployment. In: International Economic Review, Jg. 60, H. 2, S. 475-516. DOI:10.1111/iere.12360

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    "There is a strong correlation between corporate interest rates, their spreads relative to Treasuries, and the unemployment rate. We model how corporate interest rates affect equilibrium unemployment and vacancies, in a Diamond - Mortesen - Pissarides search and matching model. Our simple model permits the exploration of U.S. business cycle statistics through the lens of financial shocks. We calibrate the model using U.S. data without targeting business cycle statistics. Volatility in the corporate interest rate can explain a quantitatively meaningful portion of the labor market. Data on corporate firms support the hypothesis that firms facing more volatile financial conditions have more volatile employment." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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    Inconsistent time preferences and on-the-job search: When it pays to be naive (2019)

    Fahn, Matthias; Seibel, Regina;

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    Fahn, Matthias & Regina Seibel (2019): Inconsistent time preferences and on-the-job search. When it pays to be naive. (CESifo working paper 7604), München, 21 S.

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    "We study optimal employment contracts for present-biased employees who can conduct on-the-job-search. Presuming that firms cannot offer long-term contracts, we find that individuals who are naive about their present bias will actually be better off than sophisticated or time-consistent individuals. Moreover, they search more, which partially counteracts the inefficiencies caused by their present bias." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Job search under asymmetric information: endogenous wage dispersion and unemployment stigma (2019)

    Feng, Shuaizhang; Zheng, Bingyong; Lefgren, Lars; Platt, Brennan C.;

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    Feng, Shuaizhang, Lars Lefgren, Brennan C. Platt & Bingyong Zheng (2019): Job search under asymmetric information: endogenous wage dispersion and unemployment stigma. In: Economic Theory, Jg. 67, H. 4, S. 817-851. DOI:10.1007/s00199-018-1099-7

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    "We present a model of directed job search with asymmetric information regarding worker type. While job applicants know their productivity type, firms can only observe the duration of unemployment as well as a noisy signal of worker type. Firms can offer an unscreened wage or a wage that is conditioned on passing the screening and the duration of unemployment. This framework leads to three possible equilibria, which depend on model parameter values. We describe the circumstances under, which each equilibrium may result and the empirical implications of each equilibrium. Our model sheds light into wage scarring, unemployment duration, wage dispersion and firm-wage sorting, as well as the effects of unemployment insurance and minimum wages on search behavior and the distribution of wages." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Labor supply, income distribution, and tax progressivity in a search model (2019)

    Fu, Zhiming; Wu, Liang; Zhuang, Ziguan;

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    Fu, Zhiming, Liang Wu & Ziguan Zhuang (2019): Labor supply, income distribution, and tax progressivity in a search model. In: The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Jg. 19, H. 1, S. 1-18. DOI:10.1515/bejm-2017-0185

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    "We develop a search model with risk-averse households to study the impact of tax progressivity on labor supply and income inequality across education groups. Labor supply responses are considered along both intensive and extensive margins. Our quantitative results are consistent with those of the existing empirical literature. First, we find that a decline in tax progressivity associated with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 has a significant impact on the aggregate labor supply with approximately 61 percent occurred along the extensive margin. Second, households differ in their labor and income responses to tax reform. A decline in tax progressivity changes the income composition of each household by affecting labor supplies and asset holdings. This leads to an increase in income inequality. Therefore, the tax share paid by the most educated group rises due to an increase in capital income after tax reforms are instituted." (Author's abstract, © De Gruyter) ((en))

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    Social comparisons in job search (2019)

    Fu, Jingcheng; Sefton, Martin; Upward, Richard ;

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    Fu, Jingcheng, Martin Sefton & Richard Upward (2019): Social comparisons in job search. In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Jg. 168, S. 338-361. DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2019.10.013

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    Using a laboratory experiment we examine how social comparisons affect behavior in a sequential search task. In a control treatment subjects search in isolation, while in two other treatments subjects get feedback on the search decisions and outcomes of a partner subject. The average level and rate of decline of reservation wages are similar across treatments. Nevertheless, subjects who are able to make social comparisons search differently from those who search in isolation. Within a search task we observe a reference wage effect: when a partner exits, the subject chooses a new reservation wage which is increasing in partner income. We also observe a social comparison effect between search tasks: subjects whose partners in a previous task searched for longer choose a higher reservation wage in the next task. Our findings imply that the provision of social information can change job-seekers search behavior. (Author's Abstract, IAB-Doku)

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    The Quality-Weighted Matching Function: Did the German Labour Market Reforms Trade off Efficiency against Job Quality? (2019)

    Gartner, Hermann ; Weber, Enzo ; Rothe, Thomas;

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    Gartner, Hermann, Thomas Rothe & Enzo Weber (2019): The Quality-Weighted Matching Function: Did the German Labour Market Reforms Trade off Efficiency against Job Quality? (IAB-Discussion Paper 24/2019), Nürnberg, 14 S.

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    "Wir analysieren den Zielkonflikt zwischen Umfang und Qualität der Beschäftigung, indem wir eine erweiterte Matching-Funktion schätzen, worin die Zahl der neue Beschäftigungsverhältnisse (Matches) mit deren Qualität gewichtet wird. Diesen Ansatz verwenden wir, um die Auswirkungen der Hartz-Reformen der Jahre 2003 bis 2005 auf den Arbeitsmarkt zu bewerten. In der Tat bestätigt sich, dass ein Teil der zusätzlichen Beschäftigungsverhältnisse durch schlechtere Qualität erkauft war. Auch bei konstanter Qualität der neuen Matches wäre aber gut die Hälfte des positiven Effektes auf die Matchingeffizienz infolge der Hartz-Reformen verblieben." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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    The Beveridge curve and labour market flows - a reinterpretation (2019)

    Gottfries, Nils; Stadin, Karolina;

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    Gottfries, Nils & Karolina Stadin (2019): The Beveridge curve and labour market flows - a reinterpretation. (CESifo working paper 7689), München, 52 S.

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    "According to search-matching theory, the Beveridge curve slopes downward because vacancies are filled more quickly when unemployment is high. Using monthly panel data for local labour markets in Sweden we find no (or only weak) evidence that high unemployment makes it easier to fill vacancies. Instead, there are few vacancies when unemployment is high because there is a low inflow of new vacancies. We construct a simple model with on-the-job search and show that it is broadly consistent with the cyclical behaviour of stocks and flows in the labour market also without search frictions. In periods of high unemployment, fewer employed job seekers find new jobs and this leads to a smaller inflow of new vacancies." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Misallocation of talent and human capital: Political economy analysis (2019)

    Gradstein, Mark;

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    Gradstein, Mark (2019): Misallocation of talent and human capital. Political economy analysis. In: European Economic Review, Jg. 118, H. September, S. 148-157. DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.05.010

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    "Mismatches in the labor market, specifically because of underrepresentation of various population groups, carry significant economic cost. In this paper we argue, using a simple analytical model that an additional cost component is related to the effect of such underrepresentation on incentives to invest in human capital, which results in a mutual feedback relationship between the labor market and the skill acquisition market and may lead to economy's divergence. Further, it is shown that an initially advantaged group may have an incentive to minimize the bias against the disadvantaged group, and that political enfranchisement is the means to achieve a commitment to such a policy." (Author's abstract, © 2019 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Two-sided matching with (almost) one-sided preferences (2019)

    Haeringer, Guillaume; Iehlé, Vincent;

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    Haeringer, Guillaume & Vincent Iehlé (2019): Two-sided matching with (almost) one-sided preferences. In: American Economic Journal. Microeconomics, Jg. 11, H. 3, S. 155-190. DOI:10.1257/mic.20170115

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    "In a two-sided matching context we show how we can predict stable matchings by considering only one side's preferences and the mutually acceptable pairs of agents. Our methodology consists of identifying impossible matches, i.e., pairs of agents that can never be matched together in a stable matching of any problem consistent with the partial data. We analyze data from the French academic job market for mathematicians and show that the match of about 45 percent of positions (and about 60 percent of candidates) does not depend on the preferences of the hired candidates, unobserved and submitted at the final stage of the market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Performance pay and applicant screening (2019)

    Jirjahn, Uwe ; Mohrenweiser, Jens ;

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    Jirjahn, Uwe & Jens Mohrenweiser (2019): Performance pay and applicant screening. In: BJIR, Jg. 57, H. 3, S. 540-575. DOI:10.1111/bjir.12443

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    "Using German establishment data, we show that the relationship between intensity of individual-based performance pay and intensity of applicant screening depends on the nature of production. In establishments with increased multitasking, performance pay is positively associated with applicant screening. By contrast, in establishments without increased multitasking, performance pay is negatively associated with applicant screening.We do not find a similar pattern of results for group-based performance pay or profit-sharing. Our findings fit the hypothesis that individual-based performance pay induces a positive self-sorting of employees if jobs are less multifaceted. In this case, employers with a high intensity of performance pay do not need intensive applicant screening to ensure a high quality of matches between workers and jobs. However, if jobs are more multifaceted, individual-based performance pay can entail problems of adverse self-sorting. In order to mitigate or overcome these problems, employers making intensive use of performance pay also screen applicants more intensively." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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    The role of spatial and skill mismatches: explaining long-term unemployment in Paris (2019)

    L'Horty, Yannick ; Sari, Florent ;

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    L'Horty, Yannick & Florent Sari (2019): The role of spatial and skill mismatches. Explaining long-term unemployment in Paris. In: Regional Studies. Journal of the Regional Studies Association, Jg. 53, H. 2, S. 283-296. DOI:10.1080/00343404.2018.1462480

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    "In the Paris region, one can observe simultaneously the coexistence of a large and dynamic job pool with long-lasting periods of unemployment. This paradox reveals the importance of skill and spatial mismatch mechanisms, which are often used to explain disparities in local labour market outcomes. This paper uses several spatial models to measure the effects of these two mechanisms on unemployment durations in the Paris region. The results show that both problems affect municipalities close to the centre of Paris, while unemployment situations in municipalities on the fringes of the region are mainly affected by a lack of local employment dynamism." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Search and multiple jobholding (2019)

    Lalé, Etienne ;

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    Lalé, Etienne (2019): Search and multiple jobholding. (IZA discussion paper 12294), Bonn, 52 S.

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    "A search-theoretic model of the labor market with idiosyncratic fluctuations in hours worked, search both off- and on-the-job, and multiple jobholding is developed. Taking on a second job entails a commitment to hold onto the primary employer, enabling the worker to use the primary job as her outside option to bargain with the secondary employer. The model performs well at explaining multiple jobholding inflows and outflows, and it is informative for understanding the secular decline in multiple jobholding. While some worry that this decline heralds a less-flexible labor market, the model reveals that it has contributed to reducing search frictions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Selective hiring and welfare analysis in labor market models (2019)

    Merkl, Christian ; Rens, Thijs van;

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    Merkl, Christian & Thijs van Rens (2019): Selective hiring and welfare analysis in labor market models. In: Labour economics, Jg. 57, H. April, S. 117-130. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2019.01.008

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    "Firms select not only how many, but also which workers to hire. Yet, in most labor market models all workers have the same probability of being hired. We argue that selective hiring crucially affects welfare analysis. We set up a model that is isomorphic to a search model under random hiring but allows for selective hiring. With selective hiring, the positive predictions of the model change very little, but implications for welfare are different for two reasons. First, a hiring externality occurs with random but not with selective hiring. Second, the welfare costs of unemployment are much larger with selective hiring, because unemployment risk is distributed unequally across workers." (Author's abstract, © 2019 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Horizontal mismatch between employment and field of education: evidence from a systematic literature review (2019)

    Somers, Melline A. ; Cabus, Sofie J.; Groot, Wim ; Maassen van den Brink, Henriëtte;

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    Somers, Melline A., Sofie J. Cabus, Wim Groot & Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink (2019): Horizontal mismatch between employment and field of education. Evidence from a systematic literature review. In: Journal of Economic Surveys, Jg. 33, H. 2, S. 597-603. DOI:10.1111/joes.12271

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    "This paper provides a systematic review of the growing literature on the poor match between employees' field degree and the job requirements, also referred to as horizontal mismatch. We identify the different definitions used in the literature and find that each measure of horizontal mismatch yields substantially different incidence rates. We discuss the validity of the different measures and conclude that a more uniform definition of horizontal mismatch is needed. The likelihood of horizontal mismatch is among other things determined by the extent to which employees possess general skills as opposed to occupation-specific skills, and, it appears to be more frequently present among older workers. Compared to well-matched employees, horizontally mismatched workers generally incur a wage penalty, are less satisfied with their jobs, and are more likely to regret their study programme. The ensuing findings offer guidance to prevent horizontal mismatch as well as a roadmap for future research." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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    Soziologische Arbeitsmarkttheorien: Ein Überblick (2019)

    Weingärtner, Simon;

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    Weingärtner, Simon (2019): Soziologische Arbeitsmarkttheorien. Ein Überblick. (Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft), Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 246 S. DOI:10.1007/978-3-658-23743-1

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    "Die Arbeit stellt die erste Einführung und Übersicht zu soziologischen Arbeitsmarkttheorien im deutschsprachigen Raum vor und versucht einen Brückenschlag zwischen Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsmarktsoziologie. Anhand eines mehrdimensionalen Systematisierungskonzeptes werden arbeitsmarkttheoretische Erklärungsansätze aus verschiedenen sozialtheoretischen Forschungsrichtungen vorgestellt und anhand ihrer zentralen Aussagen und empirischen Schlussfolgerungen miteinander verglichen." (Verlagsangaben, © Springer)

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    Valuation and matching: A conventionalist explanation of labor markets by firms' recruitment channels (2019)

    de Larquier, Guillemette; Rieucau, Géraldine;

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    de Larquier, Guillemette & Géraldine Rieucau (2019): Valuation and matching: A conventionalist explanation of labor markets by firms' recruitment channels. In: Historical social research, Jg. 44, H. 1, S. 52-72. DOI:10.12759/hsr.44.2019.1.52-72

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    "In line with the conventionalist works on recruitment and intermediation in the labor market, this article argues that, in order to shape uncertainty about the quality of matching, recruitment channels used by firms rely on 'investments in forms.' The first investment corresponds to the definition of the boundaries of the labor market (i.e., the outline of the labor supply from the firm's point of view); the second one corresponds to the format of information (i.e., the 'standard' or 'personalized' language used by channels to convey information). The firm's resort to a given channel is explained by its internal organization and its valuation of what is a good applicant (depending on its 'labor quality convention'). By crossing-over the two types of investment in forms, we distinguish four matching dynamics. Each type of dynamics is illustrated by examples coming from a qualitative survey of recruitment practices in four French service oriented sectors." (Author's abstract, © GESIS) ((en))

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    The minimum wage and search effort (2018)

    Adams, Camilla; Meer, Jonathan; Sloan, CarlyWill;

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    Adams, Camilla, Jonathan Meer & CarlyWill Sloan (2018): The minimum wage and search effort. (NBER working paper 25128), Cambrige, Mass., 36 S. DOI:10.3386/w25128

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    "Labor market search-and-matching models posit supply-side responses to minimum wage increases that may lead to improved matches and lessen or even reverse negative employment effects. Yet there is no empirical evidence on this crucial assumption. Using event study analysis of recent minimum wage increases, we find that increases to minimum wage do not increase the likelihood of searching, but do lead to large yet very transitory spikes in search effort by individuals already looking for work. The results are not driven by changes in the composition of searchers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Semantic matching of job seeker to vacancy: a bidirectional approach (2018)

    Adugna Chala, Sisay; Ansari, Fazel; Tijdens, Kea; Fathi, Madjid;

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    Adugna Chala, Sisay, Fazel Ansari, Madjid Fathi & Kea Tijdens (2018): Semantic matching of job seeker to vacancy. A bidirectional approach. In: International journal of manpower, Jg. 38, H. 8, S. 1047-1063. DOI:10.1108/IJM-10-2018-0331

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    "The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework of an automatic bidirectional matching system that measures the degree of semantic similarity of job-seeker qualifications and skills, against the vacancy provided by employers or job-agents." (Author's abstract, © Emerald Group) ((en))

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    On-the-job search with match-specific amenities (2018)

    Albrecht, James; Carrillo-Tudela, ; Carlos, ; Vroman, Susan;

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    Albrecht, James & Susan Vroman (2018): On-the-job search with match-specific amenities. In: Economics Letters, Jg. 162, H. January, S. 15-17. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2017.10.013

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    "We construct an equilibrium on-the-job search model in which workers value wages and amenities. We show by example that in a standard (Burdett/Mortensen) model with a distribution of worker tastes over amenities, worker mobility need not imply equilibrium wage dispersion." (Author's abstract, © 2017 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Job search requirements, effort provision and labor market outcomes (2018)

    Arni, Patrick; Schiprowski, Amelie;

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    Arni, Patrick & Amelie Schiprowski (2018): Job search requirements, effort provision and labor market outcomes. (CESifo working paper 7200), München, 53 S.

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    "How effective are effort targets? This paper provides novel evidence on the effects of job search requirements on effort provision and labor market outcomes. Based on large-scale register data, we estimate the returns to required job search effort, instrumenting individual requirements with caseworker stringency. Identification is ensured by the conditional random assignment of job seekers to caseworkers. We find that the duration of un- and non-employment both decrease by 3% if the requirement increases by one monthly application. When instrumenting actual applications with caseworker stringency, an additionally provided monthly application decreases the length of spells by 4%. In line with theory, we further find that the effect of required effort decreases in the individual's voluntary effort. Finally, the requirement level causes small negative effects on job stability, reducing the duration of re-employment spells by 0.3% per required application. We find a zero effect on re-employment wages." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Can job search assistance improve the labour market integration of refugees? evidence from a field experiment (2018)

    Battisti, Michele ; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya; Giesing, Yvonne;

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    Battisti, Michele, Yvonne Giesing & Nadzeya Laurentsyeva (2018): Can job search assistance improve the labour market integration of refugees? evidence from a field experiment. (CESifo working paper 7292), München, 31 S.

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    "We conducted a field experiment to evaluate the impact of job-search assistance on the employment of recently arrived refugees in Germany. The treatment group received jobmatching support: an NGO identified suitable vacancies and sent the refugees' CVs to employers. Results of follow-up phone surveys show a positive and significant treatment effect of 13 percentage points on employment after twelve months. These effects are concentrated among low-educated refugees and those facing uncertainty about their residence status. These individuals might not search effectively, lack access to alternative support programmes, and may be disregarded by employers due to perceived higher hiring costs." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Economic job search and decision-making models (2018)

    Berg, Gerard J. van den; Uhlendorff, Arne;

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    Berg, Gerard J. van den & Arne Uhlendorff (2018): Economic job search and decision-making models. In: U.- C. Klehe & E. A. J. van Hooft (Hrsg.) (2018): The Oxford Handbook of job loss and job search, S. 243-255, 2015-03-15.

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    "The economic job search theory is based on the assumption that individuals have imperfect information about jobs and wages. It takes time to find an acceptable job and individuals have to make decisions about their job search behavior. The optimal job search behavior is characterized by the reservation wage, that is, the wage above which job offers are accepted, and by the search effort. Both components depend on factors such as the income during job search and the probability of receiving a job offer. Search effort can be described by the amount of resources used for finding a job, which includes time but can also include the type of search channels. We present the basic models of economic job search theory and selected empirical findings, in which we focus on the job search behavior of unemployed individuals." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Financial constraints in search equilibrium: Mortensen Pissarides meet Holmstrom and Tirole (2018)

    Boeri, Tito ; Garibaldi, Pietro; Moen, Espen R.;

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    Boeri, Tito, Pietro Garibaldi & Espen R. Moen (2018): Financial constraints in search equilibrium. Mortensen Pissarides meet Holmstrom and Tirole. In: Labour economics, Jg. 50, H. March, S. 144-155. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2017.06.003

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    "A key lesson from the Great Recession is that firms' leverage and access to finance are important for hiring and firing decisions. It is now empirically established that bank lending is correlated with employment losses when credit conditions deteriorate. We provide further evidence of this and make causal inferences on the effect of leverage on job losses drawing on a new firm-level dataset that we assembled on employment and financial positions of European firms. Yet, in the Diamond Mortensen Pissarides (DMP) model there is no role for finance. All projects that display positive net present values are realized and financial markets are assumed to be perfect. What if financial markets are not perfect? Does a different access to finance influence the firm's hiring and firing decisions? The paper uses the concept of limited pledgeability proposed by Holmstrom and Tirole to integrate financial imperfections and labor market imperfections. A negative shock wipes out the firm's physical capital and leads to job destruction unless internal cash was accumulated by firms. If firms hold liquid assets they may thus protect their search capital, defined as the cost of attracting and hiring workers. The paper explores the trade-off between size and precautionary cash holdings in both partial and general equilibrium. We find that if labor market frictions disappear, so does the motive for firms to hold liquidity. This suggests a fundamental complementarity between labor market frictions and holding of liquid assets by firms." (Author's abstract, © 2017 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Reduced form wage equations in the credible bargaining model (2018)

    Boitier, Vincent; Lepetit, Antoine;

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    Boitier, Vincent & Antoine Lepetit (2018): Reduced form wage equations in the credible bargaining model. In: Labour economics, Jg. 50, H. March, S. 92-96. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2016.04.003

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    "We derive an explicit solution for the wage from an alternating-offer wage bargaining game à la Hall and Milgrom (2008) under a plausible parameter restriction. This solution is simple, micro-founded and permits a transparent analysis of the driving forces of wages. When it is used in a stationary steady-state search and matching model, the value of all endogenous variables can be expressed as a function of the parameters of the model and the exogenous variables. In a dynamic setup, the solution is much simpler to implement than the one found in the original paper of Hall and Milgrom (2008)." (Author's abstract, © 2016 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Shifting the Beveridge curve: what affects labor market matching? (2018)

    Bova, Elva; Jalles, João Tovar ; Kolerus, Christina;

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    Bova, Elva, João Tovar Jalles & Christina Kolerus (2018): Shifting the Beveridge curve. What affects labor market matching? In: International Labour Review, Jg. 157, H. 2, S. 267-306. DOI:10.1111/ilr.12046

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    "This paper explores conditions and policies that could affect the matching between labor demand and supply. We identify shifts in the Beveridge curves for 12 OECD countries between 2000Q1 and 2013Q4 using three complementary methodologies and analyze the short-run determinants of these shifts by means of limited-dependent variable models. We find that labor force growth as well as employment protection legislation reduce the likelihood of an outward shift in the Beveridge curve,. Our findings also show that the matching process is more difficult the higher the share of employees with intermediate levels of education in the labor force and when long-term unemployment is more pronounced. Policies which could facilitate labor market matching include active labor market policies, such as incentives for start-up and job sharing programs. Passive labor market policies, such as unemployment benefits, as well as labor taxation render matching significantly more difficult." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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    Disentangling goods, labor, and credit market frictions in three European economies (2018)

    Brzustowski, Thomas; Wasmer, Etienne ; Petrosky-Nadeau, Nicolas;

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    Brzustowski, Thomas, Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau & Etienne Wasmer (2018): Disentangling goods, labor, and credit market frictions in three European economies. In: Labour economics, Jg. 50, H. March, S. 180-196. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2016.05.006

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    "We build a flexible model with search frictions in three markets: credit, labor, and goods markets. We then apply this model (called CLG) to three different economies: a flexible, finance-driven economy (the UK), an economy with wage moderation (Germany), and an economy with structural rigidities (Spain). In these three countries, goods and credit market frictions play a dominant role in entry costs and account for 75% to 85% of the total entry costs. In the goods market, adverse supply shocks are amplified through their propagation to the demand side, as they also imply income losses for consumers. This adds up to, at most, an additional 15% to 25% to the impact of the shocks. Finally, the speed of matching in the goods market and the credit market accounts for a small fraction of unemployment: most variation in unemployment comes from the speed of matching in the labor market." (Author's abstract, © 2016 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Endogenous separations, wage rigidities and unemployment volatility (2018)

    Carlsson, Mikael; Westermark, Andreas;

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    Carlsson, Mikael & Andreas Westermark (2018): Endogenous separations, wage rigidities and unemployment volatility. (Working papers / Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy 2018,05), Uppsala, 33 S.

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    "We show that in microdata, as well as in a search and matching model with flexible wages for new hires, wage rigidities of incumbent workers have substantial effects on separations and unemployment volatility. Allowing for an empirically relevant degree of wage rigidities for incumbent workers drives unemployment volatility, as well as the volatility of vacancies and tightness to that in the data. Thus, the degree of wage rigidity for newly hired workers is not a sufficient statistic for determining the effect of wage rigidities on macroeconomic outcomes. This finding affects the interpretation of a large empirical literature on wage rigidities." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Unemployment and vacancy dynamics with imperfect financial markets (2018)

    Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos ; Wälde, Klaus ; Graber, Michael;

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    Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos, Michael Graber & Klaus Wälde (2018): Unemployment and vacancy dynamics with imperfect financial markets. In: Labour economics, Jg. 50, H. March, S. 128-143. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2017.04.005

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    "This paper proposes a simple general equilibrium model with labour market frictions and an imperfect financial market. The aim of the paper is to analyse the transitional dynamics of unemployment and vacancies when financial constraints are in place. We model the financial sector as a monopolistically competitive banking sector that intermediates financial capital between firms. This structure implies a per period financial resource constraint which has a closed form solution and describes the transition path of unemployment and vacancies to their steady state values. We show that the transition path crucially depends on the degree of wage flexibility. When wages do not depend on the unemployment rate the transition path is always downward sloping. This implies unemployment and vacancies adjust in opposite directions as observed in the data. When calibrating the model to the Great Recession and its aftermath we find that the lack of an improvement in the financial sector's effectiveness to intermediate resources played a crucial role in the slow recovery of the labour market." (Author's abstract, © 2017 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Alternating offers with asymmetric information and the unemployment volatility puzzle (2018)

    Clerc, Pierrick;

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    Clerc, Pierrick (2018): Alternating offers with asymmetric information and the unemployment volatility puzzle. In: Labour economics, Jg. 50, H. March, S. 87-91. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2017.08.001

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    "To provide micro-founded real wage rigidities, the literature on the unemployment volatility puzzle has considered alternating offers on one side, and asymmetric information on the other. Separately, however, these two frameworks deliver a limited amount of wage stickiness and thus require questionable calibrations to raise unemployment fluctuations. In this paper, we argue that the alternating offers model with one-sided asymmetric information, which combines the two frameworks, gives a more satisfactory answer to the puzzle. The results are improved along two dimensions. First, we show that this model is capable to generate large unemployment movements for a realistic calibration. Secondly, the model produces a right degree of real wage pro-cyclicality for such a calibration and therefore delivers a micro-founded explanation to real wage rigidities." (Author's abstract, © 2017 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Imperfect monitoring of job search: structural estimation and policy design (2018)

    Cockx, Bart ; Dejemeppe, Muriel; Linden, Bruno Van der; Launov, Andrey;

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    Cockx, Bart, Muriel Dejemeppe, Andrey Launov & Bruno Van der Linden (2018): Imperfect monitoring of job search. Structural estimation and policy design. In: Journal of labor economics, Jg. 36, H. 1, S. 75-120. DOI:10.1086/693868

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    "We build and estimate a nonstationary structural job search model that incorporates the main stylized features of a typical job search monitoring scheme in unemployment insurance (UI) and acknowledges that search effort and requirements are measured imperfectly. On the basis of Belgian data, monitoring is found to affect search behavior only weakly because assessments were scheduled late and infrequently, the monitoring technology was not sufficiently precise, and lenient Belgian UI results in caseloads that are less responsive to incentives than elsewhere. Simulations show how changing the aforementioned design features can enhance effectiveness and that precise monitoring is key in this." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Crowding-out effect and sorting in competitive labour markets with motivated workers (2018)

    Cunyat, Antoni;

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    Cunyat, Antoni (2018): Crowding-out effect and sorting in competitive labour markets with motivated workers. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 26, H. 4, S. 326-330. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2018.1468550

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    "This article makes a contribution to the economics literature by inducing proper self-selection into contracts based on workers' motivation. The novelty of our results is that it points out the alternative potential role of the crowding-out effect to separate workers based on their motivation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Occupations as labour market institutions: Occupational regulation and its effects on job matching and occupational closure (2018)

    Damelang, Andreas ; Abraham, Martin ; Stops, Michael ;

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    Damelang, Andreas, Michael Stops & Martin Abraham (2018): Occupations as labour market institutions. Occupational regulation and its effects on job matching and occupational closure. In: Soziale Welt, Jg. 69, H. 4, S. 406-426., 2018-11-02. DOI:10.5771/0038-6073-2018-4-406

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    "Wir definieren Berufe als Institutionen, die das Bildungssystem mit dem Arbeitsmarkt koppeln und argumentieren, dass Berufe idealtypische Anforderungsprofile von Stellenangeboten darstellen. Auf dieser theoretischen Grundlage erarbeiten wir unterschiedliche Mechanismen, wie berufliche Institutionen und deren Regulierung berufliche Qualifikationen definieren und den Zugang zu Berufen und gleichzeitig Mobilität zwischen Berufen strukturieren. Das Ausmaß der beruflichen Regulierung variiert erheblich zwischen den Berufen. Darauf aufbauend analysieren wir die Auswirkungen der beruflichen Regulierung. Wir zeigen, dass die Regulierung zweiteilige Effekte hat. Erstens erhöht die berufliche Regulierung den Informationsstand sowohl für Arbeitgeber als auch für Arbeitssuchende und verringert somit die Unsicherheit im Matching-Prozess. Zweitens produziert berufliche Regulierung 'closed shops', indem der Zugang zu Berufen eingeschränkt wird. Studien, die sowohl die positiven als auch die negativen Auswirkungen beruflicher Regulierungen berücksichtigen, sind bisher selten. Wir schließen diese Lücke, indem wir zwei zentrale Arbeitsmarktprozesse untersuchen: Job Matching und berufliche Schließung. Um berufliche Regulierung empirisch abzubilden, verwenden wir einen innovativen Indikator und testen unsere Hypothesen mit deutschen Daten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass je stärker die berufliche Regulierung bei sonst gleichen Bedingungen ist, desto weniger aufwändig gestaltet sich der Matching-Prozess für die Vertragspartner. Im Gegensatz dazu wird der Wechsel in eine neue Beschäftigung umso unwahrscheinlicher, je stärker ein Beruf reguliert ist." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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    Matching in cities (2018)

    Dauth, Wolfgang ; Moretti, Enrico; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens;

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    Dauth, Wolfgang, Sebastian Findeisen, Enrico Moretti & Jens Südekum (2018): Matching in cities. (NBER working paper 25227), Cambrige, 65 S. DOI:10.3386/w25227

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    "In most countries, average wages tend to be higher in larger cities. In this paper, we focus on the role played by the matching of workers to firms in explaining geographical wage differences. Using rich administrative German data for 1985-2014, we show that wages in large cities are higher not only because large cities attract more high-quality workers, but also because highquality workers are significantly more likely to be matched to high-quality plants. In particular, we find that assortative matching - measured by the correlation of worker fixed effects and plant fixed effects - is significantly stronger in large cities. The elasticity of assortative matching with respect to population has increased by around 75%in the last 30 years. We estimate that in a hypothetical scenario in which we keep the quality and location of German workers and plants unchanged, and equalize within-city assortative matching geographical wage inequality in Germany would decrease significantly. Overall, assortative matching magnifies wage differences caused by worker sorting and is a key factor in explaining the growth of wage disparities between communities over the last three decades.
    If high-quality workers and firms are complements in production, moreover, increased assortative matching will increase aggregate earnings. We estimate that the increase in within-city assortative matching observed between 1985 and 2014 increased aggregate labor earnings in Germany by 2.1%, or 31.32 billion euros. We conclude that assortative matching increases earnings inequality across communities, but it also generates important efficiency gains for the German economy as a whole." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Discrimination as favoritism: the private benefits and social costs of in-group favoritism in an experimental labor market (2018)

    Dickinson, David L.; Masclet, David; Peterle, Emmanuel;

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    Dickinson, David L., David Masclet & Emmanuel Peterle (2018): Discrimination as favoritism. The private benefits and social costs of in-group favoritism in an experimental labor market. In: European Economic Review, Jg. 104, H. May, S. 220-236. DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.03.004

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    "We examine both the private benefits and spillover costs of labor market favoritism in a unique laboratory experiment design. Our data show that both employment preference and wage offers favor in-group members. Workers positively reciprocate towards in-group employers by choosing higher effort in a gift-exchange game. Thus, favoritism can be privately rational for employers. However, unemployed subjects are allowed to burn resources (at a cost to themselves), and we document significantly increased resource destruction when unemployment can be attributed to favoritism towards others. This highlights a significant spillover and often ignored cost of favoritism, and it points to one possible micro-foundation of some antisocial behavior." (Author's abstract, © 2018 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Schneller Internetzugang hilft Arbeitslosen bei der Jobsuche (2018)

    Diegmann, André ; Gürtzgen, Nicole ; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Pohlan, Laura ;

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    Diegmann, André, Nicole Gürtzgen, Laura Pohlan & Gerard J. van den Berg (2018): Schneller Internetzugang hilft Arbeitslosen bei der Jobsuche. In: IAB-Forum H. 13.12.2018, o. Sz., 2018-12-04.

    Abstract

    "Das Internet als Massenmedium hat die Art und Weise, wie Arbeitgeber und Arbeitsuchende zusammenfinden, entscheidend verändert. Eine aktuelle Studie zeigt, dass ein schneller Internetzugang in den ersten Jahren der Verbreitung des Breitbandinternets die Erfolgschancen der Jobsuche von Arbeitslosen in Deutschland verbessert hat." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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