I introduce risk-aversion, labor-leisure choice, capital, individual productivity shocks, and market incompleteness to the standard model of labor search and matching and investigate the models cyclical properties. I find that the model can generate the observed large volatility of unemployment and vacancies with a reasonable replacement rate of unemployment insurance benefits of 64%. Labor-leisure choice plays a crucial role through additional utility from leisure when unemployed and further amplification from adjustments of hours worked. On the other hand, the borrowing constraint or individual productivity shocks do not significantly affect the cyclical properties of unemployment and vacancies.
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Boston Univ, Dept Econ, Boston, MA 02215 USA
Jinan Univ, Inst Ind Econ, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Zhejiang Univ, AFR, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R ChinaBoston Univ, Dept Econ, Boston, MA 02215 USA
Miao, Jianjun
Wang, Pengfei
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Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Econ, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaBoston Univ, Dept Econ, Boston, MA 02215 USA
Wang, Pengfei
Xu, Zhiwei
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Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Antai Coll Econ & Management, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R ChinaBoston Univ, Dept Econ, Boston, MA 02215 USA