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Evolution Of Worker-Employer Networks And Behaviors Under Alternative Non-Employment Benefits: An Agent-Based Computational Study

In: Industry And Labor Dynamics The Agent-Based Computational Economics Approach

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  • MARK PINGLE

    (Department of Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0016, USA)

  • LEIGH TESFATSION

    (Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011-1070, USA)

Abstract

This study experimentally tests the effects of a non-employment payment on work-site behaviors and market efficiency in the context of an agent-based computational labor market model with autonomous strategically-interacting workers and employers. On average, we find that a low but positive non-employment payment is most efficient, especially over the short and intermediate run. A high non-employment payment encourages those who enter employment relationships to be cooperative, but the cost of the non-employment payment program significantly reduces efficiency. Having no non-employment payment encourages the formation of employment relationships, but non-cooperation is common and this reduces efficiency. These “average” results should be viewed with caution, however. Because of strong network and learning effects, quite different paths and ultimate outcomes can result from the same initial structural conditions.

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  • Mark Pingle & Leigh Tesfatsion, 2004. "Evolution Of Worker-Employer Networks And Behaviors Under Alternative Non-Employment Benefits: An Agent-Based Computational Study," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Roberto Leombruni & Matteo Richiardi (ed.), Industry And Labor Dynamics The Agent-Based Computational Economics Approach, chapter 8, pages 129-163, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Simulation; Agent-Based; Computational Economics; Labor; Industrial Dynamics; Innovation; Cluster; Firm Behavior;
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    JEL classification:

    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • C6 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling
    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory

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