On-the-job search and the beveridge curve

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical investigation of the rol on-the-job search plays in explaining shifts of the unemployment-vacancies relationship (the beveridge curve). We show that the direction of the shift depends on the parameters of the matching model, regardless of the assumptio...

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Main Author: Fuentes, Andrés
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002
Series:IMF working paper ; no. WP/02/37
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Online Access:http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2002/wp0237.pdf
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Summary:This paper presents a theoretical and empirical investigation of the rol on-the-job search plays in explaining shifts of the unemployment-vacancies relationship (the beveridge curve). We show that the direction of the shift depends on the parameters of the matching model, regardless of the assumptions made on the relative search effectiveness of employed and unemployed searchers. We estimate a Beveridge curve equation with a panel of British regions controlling for unobserved aggregate unemployment effects. We find evidence that the rise in on-the-job search in the 1980s has shifted the Beveridge curve outwards.
Physical Description:18 p.
Bibliography:Bibliografía: p. 17-18.