Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82522 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2012:16
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
This paper studies the probability of filling a vacancy, how it varies with the number of unemployed and number of vacancies in the local labor market, and what impact it has on employment. A greater availability of unemployed workers should make it easier for a firm to fill a vacancy but more vacancies at other firms should make it more difficult, due to the congestion effect. I use monthly panel data for all local labor markets in Sweden from 1992-2011. The results suggest that unemployment has a weak positive effect on the probability of filling a vacancy, while the number of vacancies in the local labor market has a significant and robust negative effect. Simulations of a theoretical model, with parameters based on the estimation, show economically significant effects of shocks to the number of vacancies on employment dynamics, while shocks to the number of unemployed are not very important. Matching frictions are more important for employment during booms than during recessions.
Subjects: 
Vacancies
Unemployment
Matching
Labor demand
Employment dynamics
Business cycle
JEL: 
E24
E39
J23
J63
J64
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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