Regional Labor Market Differences in Brazil and Search Frictions: Some Structural Estimates

We estimate an equilibrium job search model for six metropolitan areas located in different regions of Brazil. Two mechanisms of wage determination are considered: wage posting by monopsony firms and Nash bilateral bargaining. In order to estimate the model, we use the non-parametric method develope...

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Main Authors: Paulo Felipe de Oliveira, José Raimundo Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2016-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402016000100071&lng=en&tlng=en