Do You Need a Job to Find a Job

Paul Frijters (), Deborah A. Cobb-Clark () and Guyonne Kalbzx
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Guyonne Kalbzx: School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology

Paul Frijters Discussion Papers from School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology

Abstract: This paper investigates whether job o¤ers arrive more frequently for those in employment than for those in unemployment. To this end, we take advantage of a unique Australian data set which contains information on both accepted and rejected job o¤ers. Our estimation strategy takes account of the selectivity associated with the initial employment state and we allow for individual heterogeneity in the probability of obtaining jobs. Our results reveal that, across the wage range, individuals are about equally likely to obtain a job o¤er in employment as in unemployment. This implies that encouraging unemployed (rather than employed) search through the provision of unemployment benefits does not improve the speed of a job match.

Keywords: job-offer arrival rates; reservation wages; wage-offer distribution; directed search. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-06-15
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Working Paper: Do You Need a Job to Find a Job? (2004)
Working Paper: Do You Need a Job to Find a Job? (2005)
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