The job finding rate declines with the duration of unemployment. While this is a well
established fact, the reasons are still disputed. We use monthly search diaries from Swiss …

In most OECD countries, unemployment rates show no trend, which is puzzling if
advancements in information and communication technologies decrease labour-market …

We investigate the effect of search frictions on labor market sorting by constructing a model
which is in line with recent evidence that employers collect a pool of applicants before …

We develop a methodology to consistently estimate employer-to-employer (EE) mobility
toward higher paying jobs based on publicly available microdata from the Current …

Although labor market" mismatch" often refers to an imbalances in supply and demand
across occupations, mismatch within occupations can arise if skill requirements are …

We expect that potential output growth will rebound from 1.4% in 2022 to 2.2% on average
between 2023 and 2026. We revised down our estimates of growth over 2022–25 relative to …

Essays on the Macroeconomics of Frictional Labor Markets Page 1 Essays on the
Macroeconomics of Frictional Labor Markets Lukas Friedrich Mann A Dissertation …

Although the college wage premium increased by 30% from 1980 to 2020, college workers
today work at jobs requiring fewer cognitive abstract tasks compared to graduates in 1980. I …

In this thesis, I investigate the recent evolution of employment under a framework of
noncompetitive labor markets. First, I show that “routine biased technological change” has …

This paper investigates the optimal design of unemployment insurance (UI) and explores
how UI affects the quality of the job-seeker pool. Using a directed search model with …