Optimal Compensation in Competitive Labor Markets with Heterogeneous Employers and Workers

Samuel Häfner (samuel.haefner@unisg.ch), Niklas Haeusle, Winfried Koeniger and Alexander Braun
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Samuel Häfner: University of St. Gallen
Niklas Haeusle: University of Leipzig
Alexander Braun: University of St. Gallen

No 17449, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We develop a model in which large risk-neutral firms and individual risk-averse consumers compete to employ heterogeneous workers by posting compensation menus. Production takes time, and we analyze how screening motives interact with the desire to smooth consumption. There is a unique symmetric separating equilibrium that is also efficient. In equilibrium, the extent to which the compensation scheme delays payment until the production quality becomes known depends on whether, and to which extent, the consumers are financially constrained. We discuss how our model relates to the design of compensation schemes in current online peer-to-peer markets.

Keywords: adverse selection; self selection; peer-to-peer markets; labor markets; capital market imperfections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D15 D82 D86 E24 J33 M52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2024-11
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