Externalities in the Matching of Workers and Firms in Britain

Simon Burgess () and Stefan Profit

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: We provide empirical evidence on the nature of spatial externalities in a matching model for the UK. We use a monthly panel of outflows, unemployment and vacancy stocks data from the registers at Jobcentres in the UK; these are mapped on to travel-to-work areas. We find evidence of significant spill-over effects that are generally in line with the predictions of theory. For example, we find that conditional on local labour market conditions, high unemployment levels in neighbouring areas raise the number of local filled vacancies but lower the local outflow from unemployment.

Keywords: matching model; externalities; spatial dependence; unemployment outflows (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-04
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Journal Article: Externalities in the matching of workers and firms in ritain (2001)
Working Paper: Externalities in the matching of workers and firms in Britain (2001)
Working Paper: Externalities in the Matching of Workers and Firms in Britain (1998)
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