Scale effects in markets with search

Petrongolo, Barbara and Pissarides, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0002-0695-058X (2006) Scale effects in markets with search. The 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
Official URL:	http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/ecoj/
Additional Information:	© 2006 Blackwell Publishing.
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance Economics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
JEL classification:	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
Date Deposited:	21 Jun 2007
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2024 06:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/2467

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