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

Michael Krause () and Thomas 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 labor productivity whose magnitudes are close to the data, and leads output to be highly autocorrelated. JEL Classification: E24, E32, J64.

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