An estimated search and matching model of the Japanese labor market

•Estimating a search and matching model for the Japanese labor market.•A matching model with a convex vacancy cost and a separation shock is developed.•The model fits the data on unemployment and vacancies remarkably well. This paper studies how well a simple search and matching model can describe a...

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Published in:Journal of the Japanese and international economies 2014-06, Vol.32, p.86-104
Main Authors: Lin, Ching-Yang, Miyamoto, Hiroaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bayesian analysis
Bayesian estimation
Economic conditions
Economic forecasts
Empirical research
Japan
Japanese labor market
Labor market
Labour market
Productivity
Search and matching model
Studies
Unemployment
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Summary:•Estimating a search and matching model for the Japanese labor market.•A matching model with a convex vacancy cost and a separation shock is developed.•The model fits the data on unemployment and vacancies remarkably well. This paper studies how well a simple search and matching model can describe aggregate Japanese labor market dynamics in a full information setting. We develop a discrete-time search and matching model with a convex vacancy posting cost and three shocks: productivity, separation, and markup shocks. We use the model as a data-generating process for our empirical analysis and estimate it by using Bayesian methods. The model is successful in replicating the behavior of unemployment and vacancies in Japan. However, we also find that the success of the model relies on shock processes that are not empirically plausible.
ISSN:0889-1583
1095-8681
DOI:10.1016/j.jjie.2014.03.001