This paper surveys the microfoundations, empirical evidence, and estimation issues
underlying the aggregate matching function. There is no consensus yet on microfoundations …

Abstract Starting in January 2003, Germany implemented the first two so-called Hartz
reforms, followed by the third and fourth packages of Hartz reforms in January 2004 and …

The labour market status of many nonworking persons is at the boundary between
unemployment and inactivity. Like the unemployed, they seek and are available for work; …

La Curva de Beveridge y la Función de Emparejamiento: Revisión de sus Fundamentos Teóricos
y de la Literatura Empírica, con Page 1 La Curva de Beveridge y la Función de Emparejamiento …

In writing this book, I increasingly became aware of the extent to which much of the finest
social science research has been devoted to the issue of unemployment. Unemployment …

This paper empirically investigates the matching process of job seekers and job vacancies,
on different occupational labor markets, and reveals the relative importance of supply and …

Most macroeconomic labour literature on estimating matching functions does not consider
spatial spillover effects. However, job search and vacancy-filling processes often involve …

This paper analyses the use of the Internet in recruitment processes using a new model for
decomposing e-commerce. It presents two case studies from central Scotland: one …

This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways.
First, unlike in most of the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on …

The job search literature suggests that on‐the‐job search reduces the probability of un
employed people finding jobs. However, there is little evidence that employed and …