Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32135 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 89
Publisher: 
Universität Kassel, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Kassel
Abstract: 
When job search takes place across labour markets, the standard flow approach to labour market analysis fails to uncover the effectiveness at which workers are matched to available jobs. A spatially augmented matching function is backed by a spatial search model with endogenous search intensity. Recent studies deal with the issue of spatial externalities by assuming the process of job matching to be homogenous across space. This study shows that this supposition is not valid for the unified Germany. Particularly differences in labour mobility give reason for the existence of West-East regimes of the matching process. Spatial heterogeneity is additionally found on the level of German macroregions. Though matching efficiency is affected by labour market characteristics, its cyclical pattern is closely related to business cycle fluctuations. Variation of regional mismatch over the business cycle can only explain a relatively small fraction of matching inefficiency.
Subjects: 
Matching function
regional mismatch
spatial spillovers
spatial heterogeneity
JEL: 
C21
C23
E24
J23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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