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

Nicole Gürtzgen (), André Diegmann (né Nolte) (), Laura Pohlan and Gerard van den Berg
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Nicole Gürtzgen: Institute for Employment Research, Postal: Institute for Employment Research, Regensburger Str. 100, D-90478 Nuremberg
André Diegmann (né Nolte): Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Postal: Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and Institute for Employment Research (IAB), https://sites.google.com/site/econandrenolte/
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No 2018:21, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: This paper studies effects of the introduction of a new digital mass medium on reemployment of unemployed job seekers. We combine data on high-speed (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 high-speed internet. The results show that highspeed internet improves reemployment rates after the first months in unemployment. This is confirmed by complementary analyses with individual survey data suggesting that internet access increases online job search and the number of job interviews after a fewmonths in unemployment.

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)
Pages: 61 pages
Date: 2018-11-30
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-eur, nep-ict, nep-lab, nep-pay and nep-reg
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Journal Article: Do digital information technologies help unemployed job seekers find a job? Evidence from the broadband internet expansion in Germany (2021)
Working Paper: Do Digital Information Technologies Help Unemployed Job Seekers Find a Job? Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany (2018)
Working Paper: Do digital information technologies help unemployed job seekers find a job? Evidence from the broadband internet expansion in Germany (2018)
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