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A Matching Model of Crowding-Out and On-the-Job Search (with an Application to Spain)

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  • Dolado, Juan J.

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

  • Jansen, Marcel

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

  • Jimeno, Juan F.

    (Bank of Spain)

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This paper considers a matching model of heterogenous workers and jobs which includes onthe- job search. High-educated workers transitorily accept unskilled jobs and continue to search for skilled jobs. We study the implications of this model for the unemployment rates of high and low-educated workers, for the share of mismatched workers and wage inequality both within and between skill groups. The model is used to shed light on the Spanish experience following a large educational upgrading since the mid-eighties.

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  • Dolado, Juan J. & Jansen, Marcel & Jimeno, Juan F., 2002. "A Matching Model of Crowding-Out and On-the-Job Search (with an Application to Spain)," IZA Discussion Papers 612, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Keywords

    on-the-job search; matching; crowding-out; unemployment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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