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Re-Employment Probabilities and Wage Offer Function for Russian Labor Market

Smirnova, Natalia V. - 2004

This research addresses labor market transformation in Russia. It elaborates on the theory of job search and focuses on …; and (2) estimation of wage offer distribution for the transforming labor market. We use data from Phase II of the Russia … offers. The binomial logit-OLS estimation method with sample selection bias correction on pooled data from Rounds 5-9 of RLMS …

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Wage-specific search intensity

Rendon, Sívio - 2023

I propose a model in which agents decide on job search intensity for each possible wage, unlike the usual setup of constant search intensity over wage draws. The proposed framework entails efficiency gains in that agents do not waste effort to searching for low paying unacceptable jobs or less...

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Against all odds : job search during the Great Recession

Leyva, Gustavo - 2018

The unemployed in the United States appear to allocate time to job search activities regardless of the stance of the economy. Drawing on the American Time Use Survey between 2003 and 2014, I document that the unemployed increase their search intensity only slightly if at all during recessions....

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Job search during the covid-19 crisis

Hensvik, Lena; Le Barbanchon, Thomas; Rathelot, Roland - 2021

This paper measures the job-search responses to the COVID-19 pandemic using realtime data on vacancy postings and job ad views on Sweden's largest online job board. First, new vacancy postings drop by 40%, similar to the US. Second, job seekers respond by searching less intensively, to the...

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Job search during the COVID-19 crisis

Hensvik, Lena; Le Barbanchon, Thomas; Rathelot, Roland - 2020

This paper measures the job-search responses to the COVID-19 pandemic using realtime data on vacancy postings and ad views on Sweden's largest online job board. First, the labour demand shock in Sweden is as large as in the US, and affects industries and occupations heterogeneously. Second, the...

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Chapter 22. Labor Markets and Referrals

Topa, Giorgio - In: Handbook of social economics : volume 1, (pp. 1193-1221). 2011

The use of social networks and personal referrals in the labor market is very widespread. Both firms and workers may find it beneficial to use these informal channels to produce successful matches between job seekers and vacancies. This Chapter discusses the existing literature and highlights...

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Duration dependence in finding a job : applications, interviews, and job offers

Zuchuat, Jeremy; Lalive, Rafael; Osikominu, Aderonke; … - 2023

The job finding rate declines with the duration of unemployment. While this is a well established fact, the reasons are still disputed. We use monthly search diaries from Swiss public employment offices to shed new light on this issue. Search diaries record all applications sent by job seekers,...

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Behind the Great Recession : job search and housing decisions

Rendón, Sílvio; Quella, Núria - 2013

In this paper we analyze a mechanism that is particularly relevant to the workings of the Great Recession: we explain how easier home financing and higher homeownership rates increase unemployment rates. To this purpose we build a model of job search with liquid wealth accumulation and...

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Benefit duration and job search effort : evidence from a natural experiment

Lichter, Andreas - 2016

Findings of prolonged non-employment spells due to more generous unemployment benefits are commonly seen as an indication of reduced job search effort and moral hazard behavior. However, to date, there is hardly any direct evidence of benefit-induced reductions in search effort. This paper...

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Informality as a stepping stone : a search-theoretical assessment of informal sector and government policy

Tumen, Semih - 2016

This paper develops a model of sequential job search to understand the factors determining the effect of tax and enforcement policies on the size (i.e., employment share) of the informal sector. The focus is on the role of informal sector as a stepping stone to formal jobs. I argue that the...

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