Identifying Equilibrium Models of Labor Market Sorting
从理论上证明，仅凭工资和劳动力市场转换的匹配雇主-雇员数据，就能非参数识别基于绝对优势的劳动力市场分选模型的所有参数，并提供了计算算法和德国数据的应用。
We assess the empirical content of equilibrium models of labor market sorting based on unobserved (to economists) characteristics. In particular, we show theoretically that all parameters of the classic model of sorting based on absolute advantage in Becker, 1973 with search frictions can be nonparametrically identified using only matched employer–employee data on wages and labor market transitions. In particular, these data are sufficient to nonparametrically estimate the output of any individual worker with any given firm. Our identification proof is constructive and we provide computational algorithms that implement our identification strategy given the limitations of the available data sets. Finally, we add on‐the‐job search to the model, extend the identification strategy, and apply it to a large German matched employer–employee data set to describe detailed patterns of sorting and properties of the production function.\n© 2017 Econometric Society