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- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2019 © American Economic Association
- ISSN
- 1945-7715
- DOI
- 10.1257/mac.20170315
- Publisher site
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Abstract
AbstractWe use online job application data to study the relationship between search intensity and search duration. The data allow us to control for job seeker composition and the evolution of available job openings over the duration of search. We find that, within an individual search spell, search intensity declines continuously. We also find that longer-duration job seekers search more intensely throughout their search. They tend to be older, male, nonemployed, and live in areas with weaker labor markets. Our findings contradict standard assumptions of labor search models. We discuss how to reconcile the theory with our evidence. (JEL E24, J24, J63, J64)
Journal
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics – American Economic Association
Published: Jul 1, 2019