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

Sex ratios, ie, relative numbers of men and women, can affect marriage prospects, labor
force participation, and other social and economic variables. But the observed association …

This paper models the optimal search strategies of the unemployed across space to
characterize local labor markets. Our methodology allows for linkages between numerous …

This study focuses on the impact of sex, race, and social networks, to analyze the hiring
process in a midsized high-technology organization, using information on all 35,229 …

This paper is the first to study vacancies, hires, and vacancy yields at the establishment level
in the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, a large sample of US employers. To …

The available empirical evidence on the wage effect of finding jobs through informal
contacts is mixed. This author theorizes that, depending upon the efficiency of formal search …

The paper takes the search and matching model of the aggregate labor market to the data. It
tests the model's empirical validity and employs structural estimation to generate a …

The labor search and matching model plays a growing role in macroeconomic analysis. This
paper provides a critical, selective survey of the literature. Four fundamental questions are …

In middle-income countries, the informal sector often accounts for a substantial fraction of the
urban labor force. We develop a general equilibrium model with matching frictions in the …

In many countries, caseworkers in public employment offices have dual roles of counselling
and monitoring unemployed people. These roles often conflict, which results in important …