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Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 42 No. 4 2024

Unemployed Job Search across People and over Time: Evidence from Applied-For Jobs

Jonas Fluchtmann1,2,3,4; Anita M. Glenny5; Nikolaj Harmon6; Jonas Maibom5

1 Aarhus University · 2 University of Copenhagen · 3 Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques · 4 IZA - Institute of Labor Economics · 5 Aarhus University, Aarhus BSS, Department of Economics and Business Economics, DK · 6 Københavns Universitet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics, Department of Economics, DK

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Abstract

Using data on applied-for jobs for the universe of Danish UI recipients, we examine variation in job search behavior both across individuals and over time during unemployment spells. We find large differences in the level of applied-for wages across individuals but over time all individuals adjust wages downward in the same way. The decline in applied-for wages over time is descriptively small but economically important in standard models of job search. We find similar results when examining variation in the non-wage characteristics of applied-for jobs and in the search methods used to find them. We discuss implications for theory.

DOI
10.1086/725165
Volume
42
Issue
4
Pages
1175-1217
Language
en
Sources
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