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Employment subsidies and substitutable skills : An equilibrium matching approach

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  • Gabriele, CARDULLO

    (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Department of Economics)

  • Bruno, VANDERLINDEN

    (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Department of Economics)

Abstract

This search-matching model is well suited for an equilibrium evaluation of labor market policies. When those policies are targeted on some groups, the usual juxtaposition of labor markets is however a shortcoming. There is a need for a setting where workers’ productivity depends on employment levels in all markets. This paper provides such a theoretical setting. We first develop a streamlined model and then show that it can be extended to deal with interactions among various labor market and fiscal policies. Simulation results focus on the effects of employment subsidies and in-work benefits and on their interactions with the profile of unemployment benefits and with active labor market programs.

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Keywords: Unemployment; search-matching equilibrium; wage bargaining; reductions of social security contributions; unemployment insurance; labor market programs;

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  • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
  • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
  • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
  • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
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