Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/86023 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 01-080/3
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We analyze the implications of multiple applications by job seekers for the microfoundations of the matching function. We emphasize a coordination failure caused by multiple applications, namely, that firms can waste resources processing applicants who are ultimately hired elsewhere.
Subjects: 
search
matching
JEL: 
J41
J64
D84
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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