Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/71241 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Reihe Ökonomie / Economics Series No. 125
Publisher: 
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna
Abstract: 
Job seekers can influence the arrival rate of job offers by the choice of search effort and the search methods they use. In this paper we empirically investigate the contribution of the use of different search methods on the outcome of search. Using unique data on the search behaviour of job seekers sampled from the inflow into employment during the year 1997 in Austria we analyse the quality of job matches in terms of wages and job durations. We find evidence for endogenous selection to the job matching channels. Persons with few social contacts or lower unobserved ability are more likely to be matched by the public employment service. Hence we conclude that selection may contribute to the unfavourable wage outcomes for jobs generated by the public employment service.
Subjects: 
job search
search channels
selectivity bias
JEL: 
J20
J64
C31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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