FISHING IN DIFFERENT POOLS - JOB-SEARCH STRATEGIES AND JOB-FINDING SUCCESS IN CANADA IN THE EARLY 1980S

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: OSBERG, L
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/298300
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 348-386
• 关键词: unemployment-insurance; duration; spells; youth

摘要

This article examines the job-search methods of jobless workers and emphasizes sample selectivity in choice of job-search strategies (especially use of public employment agencies). Longitudinal data from the Labour Force Survey of Canada for 1981, 1983, and 1986 indicate that job-search methods change with the business cycle and that many people find jobs without any reported search. The determinants of job-search success also vary substantially over the business cycle, implying a substantial social return to public employment agencies at the 1983 trough of the recession but no noticeable benefits when aggregate unemployment is relatively low.