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Search, Matching and Training

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  • Steven Laufer

    (Federal Reserve Board)

  • Ahu Gemici

    (Royal Holloway, University of London)

  • Christopher Flinn

    (New York University)

Abstract

incentives to invest in both types of capital. We use the NLSY97 to estimate the model.

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  • Steven Laufer & Ahu Gemici & Christopher Flinn, 2014. "Search, Matching and Training," 2014 Meeting Papers 1237, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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