Equilibrium Directed Search with Multiple Applications

31 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2003

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James Albrecht

Georgetown University - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Pieter A. Gautier

Free University of Amsterdam; Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam (TIA); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Susan Vroman

Georgetown University; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: February 2003

Abstract

We analyze a model of directed search in which unemployed job seekers observe all posted wages. We allow for the possibility of multiple applications by workers and ex post competition among vacancies. For any number of applications, there is a unique symmetric equilibrium in which vacancies post a common wage. When workers apply to only one vacancy, a single wage is paid and the resulting equilibrium is efficient. When workers make multiple applications, there is dispersion in wages paid, and equilibrium may be inefficient. We show that our results also hold in a steady-state version of the model.

Keywords: Job Search, Directed Search, Matching

JEL Classification: J64, D83, J41

Suggested Citation

Albrecht, James W. and Gautier, Pieter A. and Vroman, Susan B., Equilibrium Directed Search with Multiple Applications (February 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=385182 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.385182

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