02124cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF016764 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484326466 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Bova, Elva. Shifting the Beveridge Curve : What Affects Labor Market Matching? / Elva Bova, Joao Tovar Jalles, Christina Kolerus. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (33 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper explores conditions and policies that could affect the matching between labor demand and supply. We identify shifts in the Beveridge curves for 12 OECD countries between 2000Q1 and 2013Q4 using three complementary methodologies and analyze the short-run determinants of these shifts by means of limited-dependent variable models. We find that labor force growth as well as employment protection legislation reduce the likelihood of an outward shift in the Beveridge curve,. Our findings also show that the matching process is more difficult the higher the share of employees with intermediate levels of education in the labor force and when long-term unemployment is more pronounced. Policies which could facilitate labor market matching include active labor market policies, such as incentives for start-up and job sharing programs. Passive labor market policies, such as unemployment benefits, as well as labor taxation render matching signficantly more difficult. Mode of access: Internet Jalles, Joao Tovar. Kolerus, Christina. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/093 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2016/093/001.2016.issue-093-en.xml IMF e-Library