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."