This paper uses Spanish Labor Force Survey data for the period 2005 to 2010 to examine the use of job search methods … job search methods and search effort. Additionally, we examine the impact of the methods selected and of the search … growth to crisis. Our findings suggest that, irrespective of the job search methods adopted, the probability of employment is …

: informal referrals, job search methods, employment rates, hourly wages, selec- tion bias, OLS, Propensity-Score Matching … institutional background might determine the conditions under which job search methods operate (Fontaine, 2004). Employer … this literature that informal job search methods are associated with shorter unemployment duration and increased likelihood …

around 10 percentage points each. Personal characteristics and family background are also important for understanding the job-search … methods chosen by unemployed teenagers. Another interesting finding is that the local environment, especially the state of the …