Petrongolo, Barbara and Pissarides, Christopher (2006) Scale effects in markets with search. Economic Journal, 116 (508). pp. 21-44. ISSN 0013-0133
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Abstract
Reduced-form tests of scale effects in markets with search, based on aggregate matching functions, may miss important scale effects at the micro level, because of the reactions of job searchers. We estimate a semi-structural model on a British sample of unemployed people, testing for scale effects on the offer arrival rate and the wage offer distribution. We find scale effects in wage offers but not in offer arrival rates. We also find that reservation wages rise to deliver higher post-unemployment wages but not faster matches, so aggregate matching functions are unaffected by scale.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/ecoj/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2006 Blackwell Publishing. |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc. D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D83 - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief |
| Sets: | Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Departments > Economics |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2007 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/2467/ |
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