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Title: Three Essays on Job Search Methods and Search Outcomes
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Florence, Curtis Samuel, II |
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Three Essays on Job Search Methods and Search Outcomes Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1997 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Endogeneity; Job Search; Job Status; Job Tenure; Unemployment; Unemployment Insurance; Wage Growth; Wages This dissertation is comprised of three essays that examine the relationship between job search methods and job outcomes for unemployed workers. All three essays utilize data from a sample of unemployed young men in the 1986 panel of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The first essay examines job search choices and outcomes over time. Forty-nine percent of searchers who are unemployed for more than one month change the job search methods they use during an unemployment spell. Estimates of the arrival rate of job offers suggest that searchers choose methods systematically by starting with the most productive methods and then adding less productive methods. However, searchers who use public employment agencies after trying other methods first have shorter jobless duration than other searchers. This suggests that public employment agencies may be a productive method for searchers if they are not initially successful in finding a job with other methods. In the second essay I estima te two models of job search outcomes that control for the endogeneity of search choices. The first model jointly estimates equations for search method use and the arrival of job offers. The second model jointly estimates equations for search method use, the receipt of unemployment insurance, and the hazard rate for exit from unemployment. The results show that private employment agencies, personal contacts, newspaper advertisements and direct applications increase the number of job offers. However, personal contacts and direct application are the only methods that decrease jobless duration. Receiving unemployment insurance increases jobless duration by almost three months. In the third essay, I estimate the effect of job search choices on subsequent job quality. The results reveal several interesting relationships between search methods and job quality. Using public employment agencies has a negative effect on the starting wage and wage growth, but a small positive effect on the duration of the job. Using personal contacts has a negative effect on starting wages and a small positive effect on wage growth and job duration. Direct application increases job duration by over one and a half months. Receiving unemployment insurance increases starting wages by about nine percent. |
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Florence, Curtis Samuel, II. Three Essays on Job Search Methods and Search Outcomes. Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1997. |