During the Great Recession, U.S. unemployment benefits were extended by up to 73 weeks. Theory predicts that extensions increase unemployment by discouraging job search, a partial equilibrium effect. Using data from the large job board CareerBuilder.com, I find that a 10% increase in benefit duration decreased state‐level job applications by 1%, but had no robust effect on job va...

During the Great Recession, U.S. unemployment benefits were extended by up to 73 weeks, although theory predicts that extensions increase unemployment by discouraging job search (partial equilibrium effect). Using data from the large job board CareerBuilder.com, I find that a 10% increase in benefit duration decreased state‐level job applications by 1%, but had no robust effect on ...

This study investigated the relationship between job search objectives (finding a new job/turnover, staying aware of job alternatives, developing a professional network, and obtaining leverage against an employer) and job search methods (looking at job ads, visiting job sites, networking, contacting employment agencies, contacting employers, and submitting applications). In a sample of 205 empl...

In this paper, I study a new amplification mechanism in search models that arises when workers can choose to search on the job and when, for endogenous reasons, employers reap higher benefits from contacting employed searchers. The motivation for on-the-job search in the model is job shopping, where workers look for jobs they find appealing and the appeal of a job to the worker is not observed ...

Abstract This paper examines how individuals select into job search in terms of their individual qualifications and perceptions measures recruiting additional applicants with a modest job-search subsidy affects selection. I use experimental evidence to examine individuals’ decisions attend participate fair. Thirteen percent invited but unsubsidized respondents the fair, they are positively sele...

This study investigated 3 broad classes of individual-differences variables (job-search motives, competencies, and constraints) as predictors of job-search intensity among unemployed job seekers. Also assessed was the relationship between job-search intensity and reemployment success in a longitudinal context. Results show significant relationships between the predictors employment commitment, ...

We use a rich new body of data on the experiences of unemployed job-seekers to determine the sources of wage dispersion and to create a search model consistent with the acceptance decisions the job-seekers made. From the data and the model, we identify the distributions of four key variables: offered wages, offered non-wage job values, the value of the job-seeker’s non-work alternative, and the...