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The Intensity of Job Search and Search Duration

  • R. Jason Faberman
  • Marianna Kudlyak
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
vol. 11, no. 3, July 2019
(pp. 327-57)
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Abstract

We 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.

Citation

Faberman, R. Jason, and Marianna Kudlyak. 2019. "The Intensity of Job Search and Search Duration." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 11 (3): 327-57. DOI: 10.1257/mac.20170315

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JEL Classification

  • E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
  • J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
  • J63 Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
  • J64 Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
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