Benefit duration, job search behavior and re-employment

Job Search and (Re)employment: Taking the Time-varying Nature of Job-search Intensity into Consideration

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that job-search intensity has a pivotal role for (re)employment of unemployed individuals. In our study we tested a heuristic model that included sets of variables potentially influencing (re)employment. Those were: biographic characteristics, employment motivation factors, job search constraints, and job-search intensity. We expected job-search ...

Internet Job Search and Employment Outcomes: An Instrumental Variables Approach

Job-search preparedness as a mediator of the effects of the Työhön Job Search Intervention on re-employment and mental health

Previous studies that have demonstrated the beneficial effects of the Työhön Job Search Intervention for job seekers on re-employment and mental health have not revealed the specific mediators of these effects. The present study examined two specific mediators that were targeted by the intervention, job-search self-efficacy and inoculation against setbacks, as components of a global construct r...

Job search theory, labour supply and unemployment duration

This paper presents a structural model of sequential job search, in which the individual decision makers incorporate labour supply in the job acceptance decision. The model satisfies the reservation wage property. Given the level of the offered wage rate, individuals can choose the number of weekly working hours optimally, by maximizing utility subject to the budget constraint, Specific attenti...

Job Search Success: Comparing Job Offer Rates In and Out of Employment *

This paper investigates whether job offers arrive more frequently for those in employment than for those in unemployment. To this end, we take advantage of a unique Australian data set which contains information on both accepted and rejected job offers. Our estimation strategy takes account of the selectivity associated with the initial employment state and we allow for individual heterogeneity...