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American Economic Review: Vol. 100 No. 3 (June 2010)
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Specific Capital and Vintage Effects on the Dynamics of Unemployment and Vacancies
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Eyigungor, Burcu. 2010. "Specific Capital and Vintage Effects on the Dynamics of Unemployment and Vacancies."
American Economic Review,
100(3): 1214-37.
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.3.1214
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.3.1214
Abstract
In a reasonably calibrated Mortensen and Pissarides matching model, shocks to average labor productivity can account for a small portion of the fluctuations in unemployment and vacancies (Shimer (2005)). I add heterogeneity in jobs (matches) with respect to the time the job is created in the form of different embodied technology levels. I also introduce specific capital that, once adapted for a match, has less value in another match. I show that the augmented model can account for fluctuations in unemployment and vacancies, and that specific capital is important to decreasing the volatility of the destruction rate of existing matches.
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Eyigungor, Burcu (Koc U)
JEL Classifications
E24: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital
E32: Business Fluctuations; Cycles
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J41: Labor Contracts
J63: Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
J64: Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
E32: Business Fluctuations; Cycles
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J41: Labor Contracts
J63: Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
J64: Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
