Studies In Labor Market Dynamics: Proceedings Of A Workshop On Labor Market Dynamics Held At Sandbjerg, Denmark August 24 - 28, 1982 (studies In Contemporary Economics)

This volume consists of papers presented at a conference on labor mar­ ket theory held in August 1982 at Sandbjerg - a manor house situated in S0nderjylland owned by University of Aarhus. The conference was ar­ ranged to mark the start of a labor market research project utilizing the first Danish longitudinal data set. The conference was meant to present a survey of the recent developments within labor market theory where unemployment at a given time is seen as a result of flows of in­ dividuals between the various labor market states. Consequently, al­ most all papers deal with aspects of transitions on the labor market. The first paper by Andersen discusses from a statisticians point of view how it is possible to analyze longitudinal data on labor market dynamics using statistical models for multivariate counting processes. Models including general calendar time specific intensities and models specifying the distribution of spell lengths as well as their combina­ tions are included. Finally it is demonstrated how the effect of exo­ genous, endogenous, and other time dependent variables can be model­ led. This paper does also contain an example of the application of the model. Front Matter....Pages I-X The Counting Process Approach to the Statistical Analysis of Labour Force Dynamics....Pages 1-15 Simultaneous Equations with Endogenous Hazards....Pages 16-44 The Distribution of Single-Spell Duration Data....Pages 45-73 Steady States as Natural Rates in a Dynamic Discrete Choice Model of Labor Supply....Pages 74-97 Choice or Chance? A Structural Interpretation of Individual Labor Market Histories....Pages 98-131 A Survival Analysis of Adult Male Black/White Labor Market Flows....Pages 132-157 Wages and Turnover: A Parametrization of the Job-Matching Model....Pages 158-167 A Dynamic Model of Labor Management....Pages 168-186 Labor Market Policies and Differential Patterns of Unemployment in Sweden....Pages 187-218 Household Labour Supply with Quantity Constraints....Pages 219-237 Job Mobility and Wage Growth: A Study of Selection Rules and Rewards....Pages 238-260 Employment-Related Classifications in a Register Based Statistical System....Pages 261-266 A Danish Longitudinal Data Base....Pages 267-285 Back Matter....Pages 287-288 Conference papers, theoretical analysis of labour economics and econometric models of labour market dynamics - covers areas such as job searching process, unemployment duration, occupational choice upon entry into working life, disparity in transition rates from unemployed to employed status between whites and blacks, wage structure, labour policy, occupational change, etc. Graphs, references, statistical tables