摘要：Workers in developing countries face substantial constraints to job search. Many policies aim to lower search barriers and expand

发展中国家最优劳动力市场政策的一般均衡分析

Optimal Labor Market Policy in Developing Countries:

A General Equilibrium Analysis

讲座信息

主讲人

Mitchell VanVuren 教授

范德堡大学

日期和时间

2025年10月24日（周五）

10:30-12:00

地点

综合教学楼D904会议室

讲座概述

Workers in developing countries face substantial constraints to job search. Many policies aim to lower search barriers and expand the wage sector, but the efficiency and optimality of these policies remain unclear. This paper develops a search-and-matching model that incorporates key features of developing economies including a large self-employment sector, savings-constrained households, and capital-constrained firms. Four search externalities — two positive and two negative — emerge, leading to inefficiency. After estimating the model using an experiment that provided search subsidies to job seekers in Ethiopia, I find that the optimal policy is a tax that substantially increases the cost of search, rather than a subsidy.

主讲人简介

Mitchell VanVuren 是美国范德堡大学经济学助理教授、宏观经济学家，主要研究经济增长与发展相关问题。他的研究关注将微观数据与实验结果相结合，并融入宏观经济模型，以更好地理解这些现象在总体层面上的表现，以及将小规模干预措施扩展至整个经济体系过程中可能面临的挑战。为此，他运用并开发新的计算技术，以捕捉微观数据中存在的高度异质性。

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