Introduzione allo studio dei modelli di "matching" del mercato del lavoro

Lisi, Gaetano (2010): Introduzione allo studio dei modelli di "matching" del mercato del lavoro.

Abstract

Matching models are the primary and most popular theoretical tools used by economists to evaluate various labour market policies and to study the problem of unemployment. These notes mean to provide an exhaustive introduction to the study of the benchmark macroeconomic models of the labour market.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Introduction to the study of matching models of unemployment
• Language: Italian
• Keywords: search and matching model; unemployment; labour market analysis
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J63 - Turnover ; Vacancies ; Layoffs; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E24 - Employment ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Intergenerational Income Distribution ; Aggregate Human Capital ; Aggregate Labor Productivity; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J20 - General

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