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Hiring as Investment Behavior

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  • Eran Yashiv

    (Tel Aviv University)

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This paper explores the determinants of hiring at the macroeconomic level It treats the hiring decision as an investment decision, similar to the one taken for physical capital or for financial assets. At its core is a present value relation which defines the worker's "asset value" for the firm and determines optimal hiring. The paper validates this relation using volatility tests and infers the unobserved asset values by estimating it. Hiring and asset values are found to be weakly correlated with the business cycle and to be much more volatile. The paper also demonstrates the links between models employed and issues examined in finance and the labor market. (Copyright: Elsevier)

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  • Eran Yashiv, 2000. "Hiring as Investment Behavior," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 3(3), pages 486-522, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:red:issued:v:3:y:2000:i:3:p:486-522
    DOI: 10.1006/redy.1999.0084
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    Keywords

    aggregate hiring; present value relation; business cycles; unemployment; structural estimation; asset pricing; hiring subsidies;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General

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