A Generalized Model of Stock-Flow Matching
We develop a model of stock-flow matching in the labor market which allows for rich heterogeneity of match quality. The economy consists of many labor markets, and workers and jobs continually flow into each labor market. Within a labor market, potential worker-job matches differ in quality. Accordingly, a worker newly arrived in a labor market may not find any acceptable matches; if so, she becomes part of the stock of unemployed workers and must wait for the arrival of a new vacancy in the flow which offers her a sufficiently high quality match. When labor market conditions change, the set of acceptable matches changes in response. Our model is consistent with several stylized facts about the labor market, such as the importance of flows, as well as stocks, for matching rates, as well as with duration dependence in unemployment. It is tractable enough to be used in business cycle analysis. Finally, it provides a natural explanation for shifts in matching efficiency.
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2014
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Authors: | Hawkins, William ; Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos |
Institutions: | Society for Economic Dynamics - SED |
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