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  • Fei Li

    () (Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania)

  • Can Tian

    () (Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania)

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We consider the impact of job rotation in a directed search model in which firm sizes are endogenously determined and match quality is initially unknown. A large firm benefits from the opportunity of rotating workers so as to partially overcome loss of mismatch. As a result, in the unique symmetric equilibrium, large firms have higher labor productivity and lower separation rates. In contrast to the standard directed search model with multi-vacancy firms, this model can generate a positive correlation between firm size and wage without introducing any ex ante productivity differences or imposing any non-concave production function assumption.

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Paper provided by Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania in its series PIER Working Paper Archive with number 12-024.

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Length: 21 pages
Date of creation: 03 Jun 2012
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Handle: RePEc:pen:papers:12-024

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Keywords: Directed Search; Job Rotation; Firm Size and Wage; Firm Size and Labor Productivity;

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  1. Directed Search and Job Rotation
    by Christian Zimmermann in NEP-DGE blog on 2012-06-28 12:05:21

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