Fernández-Blanco, J. and Gomes, Pedro (2016) Unobserved heterogeneity, exit rates, and re-employment wages. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 119 (2), pp. 375-404. ISSN 0347-0520.
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Abstract
Exit rates from unemployment and re-employment wages decline over an unemployment period after controlling for worker observable characteristics. We study the role of unobserved heterogeneity in an economy with asymmetric information and directed search. We show that the unique equilibrium is separating and skilled workers have more job opportunities and higher wages. The composition of the unemployed varies with the duration of unemployment, so average exit rates and wages fall with time. The separating equilibrium relies on performance-related pay schemes and the ability of firms to commit to renting an input that is complementary to the worker skills.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Asymmetric Information, Directed Search, Unemployment Duration |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Applied Macroeconomics, Birkbeck Centre for |
| Depositing User: | Pedro Gomes |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2017 09:34 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:36 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/20026 |
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