Title:Trade and Labor Market Outcomes
Author(s):HELPMAN, Elhanan; ITSKHOKI, Oleg; REDDING, StephenDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:2011/03Abstract:This paper reviews a new framework for analyzing the interrelationship between inequality, unemployment, labor market frictions, and foreign trade. This framework emphasizes firm heterogeneity and search and matching ...
Title:Learning about the Match Quality: Information Flows and Labor Market Outcomes of Skill Groups
Author(s):SENGUL, GonulDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Workers with higher skills (more education) have lower unemployment rates, lower probabilities of separating from their jobs, and lower probabilities of losing their jobs conditional on tenure. This paper analyzes to what ...