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The relevance of Post-Match LTC: Why has the Spanish labor market become as volatile as the US one?

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  • Hector Sala

    (Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and IZA)

  • José I. Silva

    (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Central Bank of Venezuela)

Abstract

We present a Search and Matching model with heterogeneous workers (entrants and incumbents) that replicates the stylized facts characterizing the US and the Spanish labor markets. Under this benchmark, we find the Post-Match Labor Turnover Costs (PMLTC) to be the centerpiece to explain why the Spanish labor market is as volatile as the US one. The two driving forces governing this volatility are the gaps between entrants and incumbents in terms of separation costs and productivity. We use the model to analyze the cyclical implications of changes in labor market institutions affecting these two gaps. The scenario with a low degree of workers’ heterogeneity illustrates its suitability to understand why the Spanish labor market has become as volatile as the US one.

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  • Hector Sala & José I. Silva, 2005. "The relevance of Post-Match LTC: Why has the Spanish labor market become as volatile as the US one?," Working Papers wpdea0515, Department of Applied Economics at Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona.
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    Keywords

    Search; Matching; Training; Firing costs; Productivity Differentials.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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