Equilibrium Search with Continuous Productivity Dispersion: Theory and Nonparametric Estimation

Christian Bontemps, Jean-Marc Robin and Gerard van den Berg

International Economic Review, 2000, vol. 41, issue 2, 305-58

Abstract: In this article we develop an equilibrium search model with a continuous distribution of firm productivity types within a given labor market. We characterize equilibrium, derive expressions for the endogenous equilibrium wage distributions, and characterize the set of wage distributions that can be generated by the model. We develop a structural nonparametric estimation method for the productivity distribution. We estimate the model using French longitudinal survey data on labor supply, and we compare the results with those from a French panel data set of firms. The results are informative on the degree to which firms exploit search frictions. Copyright 2000 by Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association.

Date: 2000
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