The Intensity of Job Search and Search Duration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Faberman, R. Jason; Kudlyak, Marianna
• 署名单位: Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Chicago; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - San Francisco
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MACROECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7707
• DOI: 10.1257/mac.20170315
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 327-357
• 关键词: reservation wages; earnings losses; labor-market; unemployment; EMPLOYMENT; BEHAVIOR

摘要

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.