IS INTERNET JOB SEARCH STILL INEFFECTIVE?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kuhn, Peter; Mansour, Hani
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12119
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 1213-1233
• 关键词: success

摘要

Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) data for 2005-8, we find that unemployed persons who look for work online are re-employed about 25% faster than comparable workers who do not search online. This finding contrasts with previous results for 1998-2001, and is robust to controls for cognitive test scores and detailed indicators of Internet access. Internet job search (IJS) appears to be most effective in reducing unemployment durations when used to contact friends and relatives, to send out resumes or fill out applications and also to look at advertisements. We detect a weak positive relationship between IJS and wage growth between jobs.