Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?

Nicole Gürtzgen, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg
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Nicole Gürtzgen: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany ; Univ. Regensburg ; ZEW
Gerard J. van den Berg: University of Groningen ; IFAU ; IZA ; ZEW ; CEPR ; UCLS

No 202102, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. We 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. We 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." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Auswirkungen; Stellenbesetzung; Einkommenseffekte; Infrastruktur; Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien; Internet; Jobbörse; matching; offene Stellen; online; Personalbeschaffung; Personaleinstellung; Qualität; regionale Faktoren; IAB-Stellenerhebung; Arbeitsuche; 1998-2014 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C26 H40 J64 L96 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 66 pages
Date: 2021-02-17
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-ict, nep-lab, nep-ore and nep-pay
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Published in/as: Labour economics, doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2021.101981

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