A Competitive Theory of Employment Dynamics

S-Tier
Journal: Review of Economic Studies
Year: 1997
Volume: 64
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-122

Authors (2)

Randall Gouge (not in RePEc) Ian King (University of Queensland)

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

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

Abstract

We develop a model of search and unemployment in an economy consisting of a large number of spatially separated local competitive labour markets and aggregate uncertainty. If aggregate shocks are positively autocorrelated, the implied cyclical behaviour of the aggregate variables match those of empirical studies: worker movement and job creation are procyclical while total unemployment, job destruction and job reallocation are countercyclical.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:restud:v:64:y:1997:i:1:p:1-122.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25