Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?

Arbeitspapier

This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. We combine data on internet availability at the local level with German individual register and vacancy data. Results show that internet availability has no major impact on the stability of new matches and their wages. We confirm these findings using vacancy data, by explicitly comparing match outcomes of online and non-online recruits. Further results show that online recruiting not only raises the number of applicants and the share of unsuitable candidates per vacancy, but also induces employers to post more vacancies.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IAB-Discussion Paper ; No. 2/2021

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Large Data Sets: Modeling and Analysis ; Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
• Thema: big data ; labour market search intensity ; matching function ; online activity

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Gürtzgen, Nicole ; Lochner, Benjamin ; Pohlan, Laura ; van den Berg, Gerard J.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)
• (wo): Nürnberg
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/234297
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ