Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21467 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 772
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A model is considered in which optimal search intensity is a result of a tradeoff between short-run losses due to higher search costs (more interviews, commuting?) and long-run gains due to a higher chance of finding a job. We show that this optimal search intensity is higher in areas characterized by larger cost of living and/or higher labor market tightness. We then test this model using county-level data in England for the period 1991-2000. As predicted by the theoretical model, both the (county) cost of living and the (county) labor market tightness are found to have a positive and significant effect on the (county) search intensity. We also find positive spatial correlation between counties (i.e. clustering of counties with similar level of search intensity) and strong spatial spillover effects.
Subjects: 
job matching
search intensities
dynamic panel data
GMM estimation
measurement errors
spatial correlation
JEL: 
R1
J64
C23
D83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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