Hiring subsidies, job creation and job destruction

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 113
Issue: 3
Pages: 248-251

Authors (3)

Kitao, Sagiri (National Graduate Institute fo...) Şahin, Ayşegül (not in RePEc) Song, Joseph (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

We quantify the effects of hiring subsidies using the model of Mortensen and Pissarides (2003). The job creation effect can be large in a weak labor market. However, in the long-run, subsidies raise the wage and equilibrium unemployment.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:113:y:2011:i:3:p:248-251
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25