Search Theory and Empirical Search

My Search Theory and Empirical Search Interests

• "Estimating a Simultaneous Search Model," Journal of Labor Economics, July 1989.

• "The Effects of Firm Optimizing Behavior in Matching Models," Review of Economic Studies, October 1990.

• "Job Exit Behavior of Older Men," with James Berkovec, Econometrica, January 1990.

• "Search, Applications and Vacancies," in Advances in the Theory and Measurement of Unemployment, eds., Yoram Weiss and Gideon Fishelson, MacMillan Press, England, 1990.

• "Search Models and Applied Labor Economics," Econometric Theory, March 1990.

• "Empirical Labor Economics," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, April 1992.

• "Empirical Search Models," with Jose Canals-Cerda, in Search Theory and Unemployment, eds., Steven Woodbury and Carl Davidson, Kluwer Academic Publications, 2002.

• "Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce in a Model of Match Quality," with Michael Brien and Lee Lillard, International Economic Review, May 2006.

Students Working on Search Theory and Empirical Search

• Jose Canals-Cerda - 7/98. "Identification in Search Models," Snavely Award for Best Dissertation. Placement: University of Colorado.

• Paul Sullivan - 9/04. "A Dynamic Analysis of Educational, Occupational, and Inter-firm Mobility Decisions." Placement: University of Michigan (Population Studies Postdoctoral Program); Bureau of Labor Statistics (permanent).

• David Byrne - 5/05. "Unemployment Insurance in an Empirical Sequential Search Model." Placement: Federal Reserve Board.

• Paul Carrillo - 8/05. "An Equilibrium Search Model for Buyers and Sellers and an Empirical Application to the Real Estate Market." Snavely Award for Best Dissertation. Placement: George Washington University.

• Beth Freeborn - 12/05. "Drug Laws and the Market for Cocaine." Placement: College of William and Mary.

• Dan Becker - 4/09. "Tradeoffs Between Wages and Other Job Characteristics With an Application to UI." Placement: Federal Trade Commission.

• Jonathan Eggleston - 3/14. "Spousal Labor Supply and Unemployment: Estimates from a Household Search Model." Placement: Census Bureau.

• Selcen Cakir - 4/18. "Party Formation in Parliamentary Democracies." Placement: Bogazici University.

• Ying-hsuan Chao - 5/22. "The Unemployment Insurance Take-Up Decision with Search and Application Friction." Placement: University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.

• Takahiro Moriya. "Online Dating and Consequences: Using Two-Sided Search Model." Placement: University of Tokyo.