Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
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IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
No 2000:8: Ranking of job applicants, on-the-job search, and persistent unemployment
Stefan Eriksson () and Nils Gottfries ()
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Stefan Eriksson: IFAU - Office of Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Postal: Labour Market Policy Evaluation, P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Nils Gottfries: IFAU - Office of Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Postal: Labour Market Policy Evaluation, P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract: We formulate an efficiency wage model with on-the-job search where wages depend on turnover and employers may use information on whether the searching worker is employed or unemployed as a hiring criterion. We show theoretically that ranking of job applicants by employment status affects both the level and the persistence of unemployment and numerically that these effects may be substantial. More prevalent ranking in Europe compared to the US (because of more rigid wage structures etc.) could potentially help to explain the high and persistent unemployment in Europe.
Keywords: Efficiency wage; Turnover; On-the-job search; Labor mobility; Persistence; Ranking; Unemployment
33 pages, October 9, 2000
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- Stefan Eriksson and Nils Gottfries, (2005), 'Ranking of job applicants, on-the-job search, and persistent unemployment', Labour Economics, vol 12, no 3, pages 407-428
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