Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/85305 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
IAI Discussion Papers No. 88
Publisher: 
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (IAI), Göttingen
Abstract: 
This paper examines the impact of job search methods on the output of the job search process in a segmented labor market. Theoretical models of job search, like the widely used search approach, generally contain only one parameter capturing all possible factors affecting the efficiency of search. Additionally, usually only two occupational states are considered: \'working\' or \'searching\'. In most countries though the labor market is segmented in formal and informal employment and selfemployment. I argue that vacancies in these different labor market sectors are promoted via different channels and that part of the labor market segmentation originates from lack of information on vacancies in the formal sector. To evaluate the different search methods, I estimate their impact on exit rates of unemployed Brazilian workers by using multinomial logit models.
Subjects: 
active labor market policy
search channels
segmented labor markets
informal employment
JEL: 
J42
J62
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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