Poor countries have low wage employment and high self-employment. This paper shows
that they also have high unemployment relative to wage employment, and that self …

ABSTRACT Labor Force States and flows between are useful tools to model individual
dynamics in the labor market. This chapter reviews recent literature uncovering substantial …

Aggregate US labor market dynamics are well approximated by a dual labor market
supplemented with a third, predominantly, home-production segment. We uncover this …

To what extent is a worker's human capital growth affected by the quality of his coworkers?
To answer this question, we develop and estimate a model in which the productivity and the …

This paper analyses how risk profiling is used to assign unemployed job seekers to job
search counseling in Flanders, Belgium. We compare algorithmic selection to self-selection …

This paper studies the predictability of long-term unemployment (LTU) and analyzes its main
determinants using rich administrative data in Sweden. Compared to using standard …

In search-theoretic models of the labor market (eg, Pissarides 1985), the expectations that
the workers hold about their future job-finding probability and their future wages have a …

We study the long-run consequences of losing a low-wage job using linked employer-
employee wage records and household surveys. For full-time workers earning $15 per hour …

We document a new set of facts regarding the impact of referrals on labor market outcomes.
Our results highlight the importance of distinguishing between different types of referrals …

We develop an equilibrium search model with a labor force participation decision, job-to-job
transitions, and endogenous separations. The calibrated model perfectly matches the …