The Intensity of Job Search and Search Duration

Jason Faberman () and Marianna Kudlyak

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2019, vol. 11, issue 3, 327-57

Abstract: We use online job application data to study the relationship between search intensity and search duration. The data allow us to control for job seeker composition and the evolution of available job openings over the duration of search. We find that, within an individual search spell, search intensity declines continuously. We also find that longer-duration job seekers search more intensely throughout their search. They tend to be older, male, nonemployed, and live in areas with weaker labor markets. Our findings contradict standard assumptions of labor search models. We discuss how to reconcile the theory with our evidence.

JEL-codes: E24 J24 J63 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
Note: DOI: 10.1257/mac.20170315
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