Search Results - "Etienne Wasmer"

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General versus Specific Skills in Labor Markets with Search Frictions and Firing Costs

by Wasmer, Etienne Published in The American economic review (01.06.2006)

“...Human capital investments are not independent of the aggregate state of labor markets: frictions and slackness of the labor market raise the returns to...”

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Macroeconomic dynamics in a model of goods, labor, and credit market frictions

by Petrosky-Nadeau, Nicolas Wasmer, Etienne Published in Journal of monetary economics (01.05.2015)

“...Goods market frictions drastically change the dynamics of the labor market, both in terms of persistence and volatility. In a model with three imperfect...”

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The Macroeconomics of Labor and Credit Market Imperfections

by Etienne Wasmer Philippe Weil Published in The American economic review (01.09.2004)

“...Credit market imperfections influence the labor market and aggregate economic activity. In turn, macroeconomic factors have an impact on the credit sector. To...”

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Local social capital and geographical mobility

by David, Quentin Janiak, Alexandre Wasmer, Etienne Published in Journal of urban economics (2010)

“...In the North of Europe, club membership is higher than in the South, but the frequency of contacts with friends, relatives and neighbors is lower. We link this...”

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Links between Labor Supply and Unemployment: Theory and Empirics

by Etienne Wasmer Published in Journal of population economics (01.07.2009)

“...A flow model of labor market participation is used to describe how various exogenous variations jointly affect unemployment and participation and provides...”

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Housing and the labor market: Time to move and aggregate unemployment

by Rupert, Peter Wasmer, Etienne Published in Journal of monetary economics (01.01.2012)

“...Conventional macro-search models (Mortensen and Pissarides) with unemployment benefits and taxes have been able to account for the variation in unemployment...”

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The Cyclical Volatility of Labor Markets under Frictional Financial Markets

by Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau Etienne Wasmer Published in American economic journal. Macroeconomics (01.01.2013)

“...We provide a dynamic extension of an economy with search on credit and labor markets (Wasmer and Weil 2004). Financial frictions create volatility. They add an...”

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Shopping time

by Petrosky-Nadeau, Nicolas Wasmer, Etienne Zeng, Shutian Published in Economics letters (01.06.2016)

“...There is a renewed interest in macroeconomic theories of search frictions in the goods market that help solve quantitative puzzles on amplification and...”

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Ethnic unemployment rates and frictional markets

by Gobillon, Laurent Rupert, Peter Wasmer, Etienne Published in Journal of urban economics (01.01.2014)

“...The unemployment rate in France is roughly 6 percentage points higher for African immigrants than for natives. In the US the unemployment rate is approximately...”

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Ethnic identity and labour market outcomes of immigrants in Europe

by Alberto Bisin Eleonora Patacchini Thierry Verdier Yves Zenou Andrea Ichino Etienne Wasmer Published in Economic policy (01.01.2011)

“...We study the relationship between ethnic identity and labour market outcomes of non-EU immigrants in Europe. Using the European Social Survey, we find that...”

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A Theory of Wages and Labor Demand with Intra-Firm Bargaining and Matching Frictions

by Pierre Cahuc Francois Marque Etienne Wasmer Published in International economic review (Philadelphia) (01.08.2008)

“...This article provides a model of labor market equilibrium with search and within-firm strategic bargaining. We yield explicit closed form solutions with...”

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Are specific skills an obstacle to labor market adjustment?

by Lamo, Ana Messina, Julián Wasmer, Etienne Published in Labour economics (2011)

“..."This paper shows that specialized education reduces workers' mobility and hence their ability to cope with economic changes. We illustrate this point using...”

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Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe

by Gomez-Salvador, R Lamo, A Petrongolo, B Ward, Melanie Wasmer, Etienne
edited by Barbara Petrongolo Etienne Wasmer Ramón Gómez-Salvador Ana Lamo Melanie Ward

27.06.2005

“...Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe highlights recent developments in the labour supply in Europe and gives a detailed assessment of their link with...”

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Competition for Jobs in a Growing Economy and the Emergence of Dualism

by Etienne Wasmer Published in The Economic journal (London) (01.07.1999)

“...The objective of the article is to explain the rising share of short-term employment in Europe. In a matching model, it is shown that a slowdown in the growth...”

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Moving towards a single labour contract: Pros, cons and mixed feelings

by Lepage-Saucier, Nicolas Schleich, Juliette Wasmer, Etienne
2013

“...This paper discusses the pros and cons of a single labour contract. After reviewing the current state of dualism in labour markets and the recent labour...”

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Le prix Nobel 2010 : les marchés frictionnels

by Wasmer, Étienne Published in Revue d'économie politique (2011)

“...50 ans après les travaux fondateurs de George J. Stigler sur la dispersion des prix et des salaires générée par le manque d'information disponible, le prix...”

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