Does online search improve the match quality of new hires?

Nicole Gürtzgen, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg

No 21-002, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. They combine data on internet availability at the local level with German individual register and vacancy data. Results show that internet availability has no major impact on the stability of new matches and their wages. The authors confirm these findings using vacancy data, by explicitly comparing match outcomes of online and non-online recruits. Further results show that online recruiting not only raises the number of applicants and the share of unsuitable candidates per vacancy, but also induces employers to post more vacancies.

Keywords: Matching; online search; information frictions; recruiting channels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C26 H40 J64 L96 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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