Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33255 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2024
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
How well do alternative labor market theories explain variations in net job creation? According to search-matching theory, job creation in a firm should depend on the availability of workers (unemployment) and on the number of job openings in other firms (congestion). According to efficiency wage and bargaining theory, wages are set above the market clearing level and employment is determined by labor demand. To compare models, we estimate an encompassing equation for net job creation on firm-level data. The results support demand-oriented theories of job creation, whereas we find no evidence in favor of the search-matching theory.
Subjects: 
job creation
involuntary unemployment
search-matching
labor demand
JEL: 
E24
J23
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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