Marginal Jobs, Heterogeneous Firms, and Unemployment Flows

A-Tier
Journal: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
Year: 2013
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-48

Authors (2)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper introduces a notion of firm size into a search and matching model with endogenous job destruction. The outcome is a rich, yet analytically tractable framework that can be used to analyze a broad set of features of both the cross-section and aggregate dynamics of the labor market. The model provides a coherent account of the distributions of employer size and employment growth across establishments, the amplitude and propagation of cyclical fluctuations in worker flows, the negative comovement of unemployment and vacancies, and the dynamics of the distribution of employer size over the business cycle. (JEL E24, E32, J63, J64)

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aejmac:v:5:y:2013:i:1:p:1-48
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25