Competing for jobs: How COVID-19 changes search behaviour in the labour market

Anja Bauer, Kristin Keveloh, Mariano Mamertino and Enzo Weber
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Anja Bauer: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Kristin Keveloh: LinkedIn

No 202033, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "Little is known so far about how the corona crisis has changed search processes in the labour market. We provide insights on labour market competition, reallocation of applications and potential sullying effects by analysing data from the LinkedIn professional network for Germany. We find that competition among workers for jobs strongly increased. The data allow us to trace that back to additional job seekers rather than higher search intensity. Furthermore, the LinkedIn data show that people from industries particularly affected by the crisis apply much more frequently and there has been a substantial shift in the target industries for applications. Finally, we find that during the crisis applications are made significantly more often below and significantly less often above a person’s level of seniority." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Pandemie; Auswirkungen; berufliche Mobilität; beruflicher Abstieg; Bewerbungsverhalten; Entlassungen; Kurzarbeit; matching; Mobilitätsbereitschaft; sektorale Verteilung; Überqualifikation; IAB-LinkedIn-Branchenwechsel-Radar; unterwertige Beschäftigung; Verhaltensänderung; Wettbewerb; Wirtschaftszweige; Arbeitsuche; Arbeitsuchende; 2019-2020 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2020-10-26
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