Retraining the Unemployed in a Model of Equilibrium Employment

Adrian Masters

Bulletin of Economic Research, 2000, vol. 52, issue 4, 323-40

Abstract: An equilibrium model of search and matching is developed to analyse the effects of retraining the unemployed on the market for skilled (or semi-skilled) workers. Versions of the model with free entry of vacancies and fixed numbers of jobs are considered. The latter environment exhibits multiple equilibria. While subsidized training (and enforced participation) is justified on employment grounds, it cannot be justified on efficiency grounds. Policies that, ceteris paribus lower unemployment, also reduce the incentive to train. When such policies are introduced to a training economy, training may cease and unemployment can rise. Copyright 2000 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research

Date: 2000
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