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Article: Risk sharing, sorting, and early contracting

TitleRisk sharing, sorting, and early contracting
Authors
KeywordsRisk sharing
Economic models
Equilibrium
Production functions
Labor market
Issue Date2000
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JPE/
Citation
Journal Of Political Economy, 2000, v. 108 n. 5, p. 1058-1091 How to Cite?
AbstractIn an assignment market with uncertainty regarding productive ability of participants, early contracting can occur as participants balance risk sharing and sorting efficiency. More promising agents may contract early with each other because insurance gains outweigh sorting inefficiency, whereas less promising agents wait. It can also happen in equilibrium that more promising job applicants contract early with less promising firms. Such worker-driven equilibria may arise when applicants are more risk-averse, have greater uncertainty regarding their quality, or face a tighter market and when production exhibits increasing returns to firms' qualities. Early contracting then unambiguously hurts the more promising firms that choose to wait.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/42278
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2023 Impact Factor: 6.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 18.530
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dc.description.abstractIn an assignment market with uncertainty regarding productive ability of participants, early contracting can occur as participants balance risk sharing and sorting efficiency. More promising agents may contract early with each other because insurance gains outweigh sorting inefficiency, whereas less promising agents wait. It can also happen in equilibrium that more promising job applicants contract early with less promising firms. Such worker-driven equilibria may arise when applicants are more risk-averse, have greater uncertainty regarding their quality, or face a tighter market and when production exhibits increasing returns to firms' qualities. Early contracting then unambiguously hurts the more promising firms that choose to wait.en_HK
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dc.subjectRisk sharingen_HK
dc.subjectEconomic modelsen_HK
dc.subjectEquilibriumen_HK
dc.subjectProduction functionsen_HK
dc.subjectLabor marketen_HK
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