This paper measures the job-search responses to the COVID-19 pandemic using real-time
data on vacancy postings and job ad views on Sweden's largest online job board. First, new …

We develop and evaluate experimentally a novel tool that redesigns the job search process
by providing tailored advice at low cost. We invited jobseekers to our computer facilities for …

Contrary to standard search models predictions, past studies have not found a positive effect
of unemployment insurance (UI) on reemployment wages. We estimate a positive UI wage …

On the leading job board CareerBuilder. com, high-wage job postings unexpectedly attract
fewer applicants, and this is the case even within a detailed occupation. Viewed through the …

Job search is a key choice variable in theories of labor markets but is difficult to measure
directly. We develop a job search activity index based on Google search data, the Google …

How does unemployment insurance (UI) affect unemployed workers' search behavior?
Search models predict that until benefit exhaustion, UI depresses job search effort and …

We investigate the role of information frictions in the US labor market using a new nationally
representative panel dataset on individuals' labor market expectations and realizations. We …

We study how explicit employer requests for applicants of a particular gender enter the
recruitment process on a Chinese job board, focusing on two questions: First, to what extent …

Labor markets become more efficient in theory if job seekers direct their search. Using
online job board data, we show that high-wage ads attract more applicants as in directed …

Online job search (OJS) has become a pervasive part of job-finding and hiring in the US
labor market. Its use by both job seekers and employers has exploded in a fairly short …