We use individual data for Great Britain over the period 1992-2009 to compare the probability of unemployed and employed job seekers finding a job and the quality of the job they find. The job finding rate of unemployed job seekers is 50 percent higher than that of employed job seekers. Decomposition analyses suggest that the difference is not due to differences in characteristics, but can be explained by different behaviour of unemployed and employed job seekers. Employed job seekers are more selective in evaluating job offers and are therefore less likely to find a job offer acceptable; for example, they are less likely to accept low-wage and temporary jobs, or jobs that do not meet their working-hours (part/full time) requirements.
Presented by:
Simonetta Longhi & Mark Taylor (ISER)
Date & time:
February 16, 2011 1:00 pm - February 16, 2011 2:00 pm
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