Evolution of Worker-Employer Networks and Behaviors Under Alternative Non-Employment Benefits: An Agent-Based Computational Approach

Mark Pingle () and Leigh Tesfatsion ()

Staff General Research Papers from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This study uses an agent-based computational experiments to examine the effects of a non-employment payment on network formation and work-site behaviors among workers and employers participating in a sequential employment game with incomplete contracts. Findings are compared with those obtained for a parallel labor market experiment conducted with human subjects.

JEL-codes: C6 C9 J6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: Written 2003-05-16
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