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How Do the Unemployed Search for a Job? Evidence from the EU Labour Force Survey

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  • Bachmann, Ronald

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    (RWI)

  • Baumgarten, Daniel

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    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

Abstract

Using harmonized micro data, this paper investigates the job search behaviour of the unemployed in Europe. The analysis focuses on the importance of individual and household characteristics in this context, as well as on cross-country differences in Europe. Our findings suggest that both individual and household characteristics play an important role, with the latter being more decisive for women. However, even when controlling for these factors, remarkable differences remain between countries, which are associated with institutional characteristics at the country level.

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Length: 28 pages
Date of creation: Jul 2012
Publication status: published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:22
Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp6753
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Keywords: search channels; job search;

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  • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
  • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
  • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis

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Cited by:

  1. Andrea Morescalchi, 2016. "The Puzzle Of Job Search And Housing Tenure: A Reconciliation Of Theory And Empirical Evidence," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 56(2), pages 288-312, 03.
  2. Rainer Eppel & Helmut Mahringer & Andrea Weber, 2014. "Job Search Behaviour and Job Search Success of the Unemployed," WIFO Working Papers 471, WIFO.
  3. Jeremy Schwartz, 2014. "The Job Search Intensity Supply Curve: How Labor Market Conditions Affect Job Search Effort," Upjohn Working Papers and Journal Articles 14-215, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
  4. Ralf Werner Koßmann, 2016. "Effectiveness of Social Capital in the Job Search Process," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 823, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
  5. Andrea Morescalchi, 2016. "A new career in a new town. Job search methods and regional mobility of unemployed workers," ERSA conference papers ersa16p307, European Regional Science Association.

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