Do digital information technologies help unemployed job seekers find a job? Evidence from the broadband internet expansion in Germany

Nicole Gürtzgen, André Diegmann (geb. Nolte), Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg

European Economic Review, 2021, vol. 132, issue C

Abstract: This paper studies effects of the introduction of a new digital mass medium on reemployment of unemployed job seekers. We combine data on broadband internet availability at the local level with German individual register data. We address endogeneity by exploiting technological peculiarities that affected the roll-out of broadband internet. Results show that broadband internet improves reemployment rates after the first months in unemployment for males. Complementary analyses with survey data suggest that internet access mainly changes male job seekers’ search behavior by increasing online search and the number of job applications.

Keywords: Unemployment; Online job search; Information frictions; Matching technology; Search channels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C26 H40 J64 K42 L96 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103657

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