Prior Geographic Mobility and Job Search Length

Prior geographic mobility and job search length.

The effect of previous geographic mobility on the length of an unemployed person's job search in the United States is examined. "This study proposed that knowledge of regional wage differentials and other market conditions give a worker with prior geographic mobility experience a better stock of information than one who has worked all of his or her work life in the same geographical location. ...

Gerardo Meil Geographic job mobility and parenthood decisions

The aim of this paper is to analyse, differentiated by gender, the effects that high geographical job mobility has on parenthood decisions. In particular, in a first part we will examine whether job mobility fosters childlessness and/or postponement of childbearing and if mobility implies a lower family size. In a second part we will analyse how the specific working conditions of mobile people ...

Essays on Urban Spatial Structure, Job Search, & Job Mobility

Job Market Signaling and Job Search

The high cost of searching for employers borne by prospective employees increases friction in the labor market and inhibits formation of e¢ cient employer-employee relationships. It is conventionally agreed that mechanisms that reduce the search costs (e.g., internet portals for job search) lower unemployment and improve overall welfare. We demonstrate that a reduction of the search costs may h...

Job search incentives and job match quality

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classifications: C14 C15 C41 J64 J65 J68 Keywords: Multivariate hazards Job search Job quality Timing-of-events NPMLE MMPH We examine the impacts of time-limited unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market programs (ALMP) on the duration and outcome of job search in Norway. We use a comprehensive simultaneous equations model accounting for i) the duration of un...