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Title: 

Matching bias in labor demand estimation

Authors: 
Aguilar, Giovanna
Rendón, Sílvio
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3076
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using a matched firm-worker dataset, we show both theoretically and empirically that positive assortative matching between firms and workers leads to an underestimation of the absolute value of wage elasticity of labor demand.
Subjects: 
Matching
employment
labor demand estimation
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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