On-the-job search and the cyclical dynamics of the labor market

Michael Krause and Thomas A. Lubik

No 779, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: We show how on-the-job search and the propagation of shocks to the economy are intricately linked. Rising search by employed workers in a boom amplifies the incentives of firms to post vacancies. In turn, more vacancies increases job search. By keeping job creation costs low for firms, on-the-job search greatly amplifies shocks. In our baseline calibration, this allows the model to generate fluctuations of unemployment, vacancies, and labour productivity whose magnitudes are close to the data, and leads output to be highly autocorrelated. JEL Classification: E21, E32, J64

Keywords: business cycle; job-to-job mobility; propagation; search and matching; worker flows Beveridge curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-07
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