Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73237 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 0206
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Linz
Abstract: 
We investigate the use of various job search strategies and their impact on the probability of subsequent employment and the re-employment wage among working age men in Britain. We find that replying to advertisements and using Job Centres are the two most common methods of job search and that job search intensity, and direct applications to employers in particular, result in a higher probability of subsequent employment. Conditional on finding work, replying to advertisements results in higher paying employment. Age, education, family circumstances and local labour demand emerge as key determinants of job search strategy use.
Subjects: 
job mobility
unemployment
BHPS
panel data
job search
JEL: 
J11
J20
J62
J64
C33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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