Kaas, Leo and Kircher, Philipp (2011) Efficient firm dynamics in a frictional labor market. CESifo working paper series. The CESifo Group, Munich, Germany.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
The introduction of firm size into labor search models raises the question how wages are set when average and marginal product differ. We develop and analyze an alternative to the existing bargaining framework: Firms compete for labor by publicly posting long–term contracts. In such a competitive search setting, firms achieve faster growth not only by posting more vacancies, but also by offering higher lifetime wages that attract more workers which allows to fill vacancies with higher probability, consistent with empirical regularities. The model also captures several other observations about firm size, job flows, and pay. In contrast to bargaining models, efficiency obtains on all margins of job creation and destruction, both with idiosyncratic and aggregate shocks. The planner solution allows a tractable characterization which is useful for computational applications.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.cesifo-group.de/portal/page/portal/ifoH... |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Economics |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment > E24 - Macroeconomics: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution (includes wage indexation) J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2011 11:25 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 20:18 |
| Funders: | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Ifo Institute for Economic Research |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/33792 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
