Research
Publications
Lentz, Rasmus (2023): "Models of Wages and Mobility in Frictional Labor Markets with Random Search," forthcoming in Revue Économique.
Lentz, Rasmus, Suphanit Piyapromdee and Jean-Marc Robin (2023): "The Anatomy of Sorting - Evidence from Danish Data," forthcoming in Econometrica.
Lentz, Rasmus and Nicolas Roys (2023): "Training and Search on the Job," forthcoming in Review of Economic Dynamics.
Bagger, Jesper and Rasmus Lentz (2019): "An Equilibrium Model of Wage Dispersion and Sorting," Review of Economic Studies, 86 (1), 153-190.
Lentz, Rasmus and Dale T. Mortensen (2016): "Optimal Growth through Product Innovation," Review of Economic Dynamics, 19 (1), 4-19.
Lentz, Rasmus (2011): "Dale T. Mortensen - Biography," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.
Lentz, Rasmus and Dale T. Mortensen (2010): "Labor Market Models of Worker and Firm Heterogeneity," Annual Review of Economics 2.
Lentz, Rasmus (2010): "Sorting by Search Intensity," Journal of Economic Theory, 145 (4), 1436-52.
Lentz, Rasmus (2009): "Optimal Unemployment Insurance in an Estimated Job Search Model with Savings," Review of Economic Dynamics, 12 (1), 37-57.
Lentz, Rasmus and Dale T. Mortensen (2008): "An Empirical Model of Growth through Product Innovation," Econometrica, 76 (6), 1317-73.
Lentz, Rasmus and Dale T. Mortensen (2006): "Productivity Growth and Worker Reallocation: Theory and Evidence," in Henning Bunzel et al. (Eds), Structural models of wage and employment dynamics. Elsevier.
Lentz, Rasmus and Dale T. Mortensen (2005): "Productivity Growth and Worker Reallocation," International Economic Review, 46 (3), 731-55.
Lentz, Rasmus and Torben Tranæs (2005): "Job Search and Savings: Wealth Effects and Duration Dependence," Journal of Labor Economics, 23 (3), 467-490.
Christensen, Bent Jesper, Rasmus Lentz, Dale T. Mortensen, George R. Neuman, and Axel Werwatz (2005): "On the Job Search and the Wage Distribution," Journal of Labor Economics, 23 (1), 31-58.
Lentz, Rasmus, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, and S.E.H Jensen (1995): "Population Aging, Expenditure, and the Sustainability of the Fiscal Policy," Ekonomisk Debatt 23 (1).
Work in Progress
"Labor Market Friction, Firm Heterogeneity, and Aggregate Employment and Productivity," w/ Dale T. Mortensen (first draft 2008). Slides.
"Optimal Employment Contracts with Hidden Search," revise and resubmit with International Economic Review.
"Directedness in Search," w/ Jonas Maibom and Espen Moen. Slides.
"Determinants of Worker Wages and Mobility with Dynamic Worker Types," w/ Long Hong and Jean-Marc Robin.
"Wages, Mobility, and Fertility Determinants," w/ Annaïg Morin and Jean-Marc Robin.
"The Macrodynamics of the Wage Distribution," w/ Jeremy Lise and Jean-Marc Robin.
"Collective worker transitions", w/ Jesper Bagger.
Notes
Marriage, Wealth, and Unemployment Duration: A Gender Asymmetry Puzzle
Discussions
Borovičková and Shimer (2017): "High Wage Workers Work for High Wage Firms."
Lise and Postel-Vinay (2016): "Multidimensional Skills, Sorting, and Human Capital Accumulation."
Hall and Mueller (2016): Wage Dispersion and Search Behavior: The Importance of Non-Wage Job Values."
Graber and Lise (2015): "Labor Market Frictions, Human Capital Accumulation, and Consumption Inequality."
Lise and Postel-Vinay (2015): "Multidimensional Skills, Sorting, and Human Capital Accumulation."
Atkeson and Burstein (2015): "Aggregate Implications of Innovation Policy."
Moscarini and Postel-Vinay (2014): "Did the Job Ladder Fail After the Great Recession."
Akcigit, Alp, and Peters (2014): "Lack of Selection and Imperfect Managerial Contracts: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries."
Kaplan and Menzio (2013): "Shopping Externalities and Self-Fulfilling Unemployment Fluctuations."
Moscarini and Postel-Vinay (2013): "Did the Job Ladder Fail After the Great Recession."
Bagger, Christensen, and Mortensen (2013): "Wage and Productivity Dispersion: The Roles of Rent Sharing, Labor Quality, and Capital Intensity."
Akcigit and Kerr (2010): "Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations."