Sorting by Skill over the Course of Job Search

Marianna Kudlyak, Damba Lkhagvasuren and Roman Susuyev ()
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Roman Susuyev: National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.

No 12011, Working Papers from Concordia University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We use novel high-frequency panel data on individuals' job applications from an online job posting engine to study (1) whether at the beginning of search job seekers with different levels of education (skill) apply to different jobs, and (2) how search behavior changes as search continues. First, we find that there is sorting by skill at the beginning of search. Second, as search continues, job seekers apply to different types of jobs than at the beginning of search. In particular, assuming that sorting at the beginning of search is positive, as search continues there is less sorting by education and job seekers, on average, apply to lower quality jobs.

Keywords: Job Application; Search; Heterogenous Agents; Sorting; Directed Search (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2012-04-18, Revised 2012-04-18
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