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Search, Applications and Vacancies

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This paper examines a generalized rivalry problem in the labour market. It employs a simple labour supply model as a framework to analyse labour markets characterized by search with competition among searchers. First, the labour market process for new hires is described. The searching worker's opportunities are determined by the market parameter which is the probability that an application will not generate a job offer. The model is closed by determining the value of the market parameter given the search strategy that each worker individually follows. There exists a non-trivial eqUilibrium in steady state. At this equilibrium a social planner can improve each worker's welfare by inducing each worker to search less intensively.

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  • Steven Stern, 1990. "Search, Applications and Vacancies," Virginia Economics Online Papers 398, University of Virginia, Department of Economics.
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    JEL classification:

    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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