Employed and unemployed job seekers and the business cycle

Publication type

Journal Article

Authors

Publication date

August 15, 2014

Summary:

The job search literature suggests that on-the-job search reduces the probability of un employed people finding jobs. However, there is little evidence that employed and unemployed job seekers are similar or apply for the same jobs. We compare employed and unemployed job seekers in their individual characteristics, preferences over working hours, job-search strategies and employment histories, and identify how differences vary over the business cycle. We find systematic differences which persist over the business cycle. Our results are consistent with a segmented labour market in which employed and unemployed job seekers are unlikely to directly compete with each other for jobs.

Published in

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volume and page numbers

Volume: 76 , p.463 -483

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obes.12029

ISSN

14680084

Subject

Notes

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