Data for: The labor wedge as a matching friction

Abstract of associated article: We use a search and matching model to decompose the labor wedge into three classes of labor market frictions and evaluate their role for the labor wedge and unemployment. We find that there is an asymmetric effect of labor market frictions on the labor wedge and unemployment. While the wedge is to a large extent explained by changes in matching efficiency, unemployment is accounted for by the combination of frictions to matching efficiency, job destruction and bargaining. If search and matching frictions give rise to the labor wedge, then it is relevant for explaining unemployment mainly through changes in matching efficiency.

关联论文摘要：本研究借助搜寻匹配模型（search and matching model）将劳动楔（labor wedge）拆解为三类劳动力市场摩擦（labor market frictions），并评估各类摩擦对劳动楔与失业的影响作用。研究结果表明，劳动力市场摩擦对劳动楔与失业的影响存在非对称性特征：劳动楔在很大程度上可由匹配效率（matching efficiency）的变动加以解释，而失业的成因则由匹配效率摩擦、岗位破坏（job destruction）摩擦与议价（bargaining）摩擦的共同作用所主导。若搜寻匹配摩擦引致了劳动楔的产生，那么该指标主要通过匹配效率的变动来为失业的解释提供有效支撑。