Which one to choose? New evidence on the choice and success of job search methods
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Keywords
job search; unemployment; job placement; Germany; SOEP;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2009-12-11 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2009-12-11 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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