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Centre for Employment Studies
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Search Model of Unemployment and Firm
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Matteo Richiardi *
Abstract
An urn-ball probabilistic model of the labor market is developed.
Agents can be
employed, (voluntary or involuntary) unemployed or entrepreneurs. The
analytical
long run equilibrium probabilities for each state and the matching
function are
derived. Then, the out-of-equilibrium dynamics are investigated through
an agent-based
simulation, which provides also results on firm demography. The
simulation
model is finally used to investigate departures from maximizing
individual behavior
and the effects of more realistic assumptions about profits and the
business cycle.
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LABORatorio Revelli Centre for Employment Studies
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