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 …

We develop a unique survey that focuses on the job search behavior of individuals
regardless of their labor force status and field it annually starting in 2013. We use our survey …

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 …

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

We provide comprehensive evidence on the consequences of automation risk on the career
of unemployed workers and the mitigating role of labor market training. Using almost two …

We create a novel measure of job search effort exploiting the American Time Use and
Current Population Surveys. We examine the cyclicality of search effort using time-series …

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 …

The job-finding rate of unemployment insurance (UI) recipients declines in the initial months
of unemployment and then exhibits a spike at the benefit exhaustion point. A range of …

Many previous articles have studied the contribution of inflows and outflows to the cyclical
variation in unemployment, but ignored the critical role of unobserved heterogeneity across …