Public-Sector Employment in an Equilibrium Search and Matching Model

James Albrecht, Monica Robayo-Abril and Susan Vroman

No 10467, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We extend the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides model of equilibrium unemployment to incorporate public-sector employment. We calibrate our model to Colombian data and analyze the effects of public-sector wage and employment policy on the unemployment rate, on the division of employment between the private and public sectors, and on the distributions of wages in the two sectors.

Keywords: wages; search and matching; public sector; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 J45 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2017-01
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Published - published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (617), 35-61

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Journal Article: Public-sector Employment in an Equilibrium Search and Matching Model (2019)
Working Paper: Public Sector Employment in an Equilibrium Search and Matching Model (2016)
Working Paper: Public Sector Employment in an Equilibrium Search and Matching Model (2011)
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