matching – Suchprozesse am Arbeitsmarkt
Offene Stellen bei gleichzeitiger Arbeitslosigkeit - was Arbeitsmarkttheorien u. a. mit "unvollkommener Information" begründen, ist für Unternehmen und Arbeitsuchende oft nur schwer nachzuvollziehen: Unternehmen können freie Stellen nicht besetzen, trotzdem finden Arbeitsuchende nur schwer den passenden Job. Wie gestalten sich die Suchprozesse bei Unternehmen und Arbeitsuchenden, welche Konzessionen sind beide Seiten bereit einzugehen, wie lässt sich das "matching" verbessern?
Diese Infoplattform bietet wissenschaftliche Literatur zur theoretischen und empirischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema.
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Literaturhinweis
Studying the UK job market during the COVID-19 crisis with online job ads (2021)
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Arthur, Rudy (2021): Studying the UK job market during the COVID-19 crisis with online job ads. In: PLoS ONE, Jg. 16, H. 5. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0251431
Abstract
"The COVID-19 global pandemic and the lockdown policies enacted to mitigate it have had profound effects on the labour market. Understanding these effects requires us to obtain and analyse data in as close to real time as possible, especially as rules change rapidly and local lockdowns are enacted. This work studies the UK labour market by analysing data from the online job board Reed.co.uk, using topic modelling and geo-inference methods to break down the data by sector and geography. I also study how the salary, contract type, and mode of work have changed since the COVID-19 crisis hit the UK in March. Overall, vacancies were down by 60 to 70% in the first weeks of lockdown. By the end of the year numbers had recovered somewhat, but the total job ad deficit is measured to be over 40%. Broken down by sector, vacancies for hospitality and graduate jobs are greatly reduced, while there were more care work and nursing vacancies during lockdown. Differences by geography are less significant than between sectors, though there is some indication that local lockdowns stall recovery and less badly hit areas may have experienced a smaller reduction in vacancies. There are also small but significant changes in the salary distribution and number of full time and permanent jobs. As well as the analysis, this work presents an open methodology that enables a rapid and detailed survey of the job market in unsettled conditions and describes a web application jobtrender.com that allows others to query this data set." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Vacancies, Employment Outcomes and Firm Growth: Evidence from Denmark (2021)
Bagger, Jesper; Fontaine, Francois; Galenianos, Manolis; Trapeznikova, Ija;Zitatform
Bagger, Jesper, Francois Fontaine, Manolis Galenianos & Ija Trapeznikova (2021): Vacancies, Employment Outcomes and Firm Growth: Evidence from Denmark. (IZA discussion paper 14436), Bonn, 31 S.
Abstract
"We use comprehensive data from Denmark that combine online job advertisements with a matched employer-employee dataset and a firm-level dataset with information on revenues and value added to study the relationship between vacancy-posting and various firm outcomes. Posting a vacancy is associated with a 4.5 percentage point increase in a firm's hiring rate and two-thirds of the additional hiring occurs within two months. The response of hiring from employment is twice as large as the response of hiring from non-employment. Firms that are smaller, low-wage and fast-growing are associated with larger hiring responses and that response materializes faster at larger firms, low-wage firms and fast-growing firms. We also find that separations are associated with subsequent vacancy posting and this effect is stronger for separations to employment, consistent with replacement hiring and the presence of vacancy chains. Growth in revenue and value added strongly predict vacancy-posting, with negative shocks having a stronger effect than positive shocks and larger shocks having less-than-proportional responses." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Employer Search Behavior: Reasons for Internal Hiring (2021)
Bertheau, Antoine;Zitatform
Bertheau, Antoine (2021): Employer Search Behavior: Reasons for Internal Hiring. In: Labour Economics, Jg. 73. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102064
Abstract
"This article studies reasons for internal hiring, i.e., re-assigning or promoting an employee instead of recruiting an external candidate. We exploit a representative survey of establishments covering all European Union countries to measure employers' search for internal candidates. Internal search is a widespread practice: 66% of establishments typically search internally. The accumulation of specific skills and the provision of incentives for employees are the main advantages of hiring internally in the theoretical literature. Ordered probit estimates show that on-the-job training and internal search are positively associated. On the contrary, incentive schemes such as variable pay are not associated with employer search. These results help to assess competing theories, and in particular, suggest that specific human capital is an important driver of internal hiring. Finally, we uncover two interesting facts that need further research: internal hiring is less likely in service firms and in non-competitive product markets." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2022 Elsevier) ((en))
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Mismatch Unemployment in Austria: The Role of Regional Labour Markets for Skills (2021)
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Böheim, René & Michael Christl (2021): Mismatch Unemployment in Austria. The Role of Regional Labour Markets for Skills. (CESifo working paper 9080), München, 38 S.
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"During the last decade, the Austrian labour market experienced a substantial outward shift of the Beveridge curve. Using detailed administrative data on vacancies and registered unemployed by region and skill level, we test which factors caused this shift. We find that the Beveridge curve shifted primarily because mismatch increased substantially. Looking on the regional and skill dimension of mismatch unemployment, we find a substantial increase of mismatch unemployment for manual routine tasks as well as for the region of Vienna." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Interlocking Complementarities Between Job Design And Labour Contracts (2021)
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Cattani, Luca, Stefano Dughera & Fabio Landini (2021): Interlocking Complementarities Between Job Design And Labour Contracts. (Working paper series / Dipartimento economia e statistica "Cognetti de Martiis" 2021,14), Torino, 44 S.
Abstract
"The drivers of large within-industry heterogeneity in the use of non-standard employment are still poorly understood. Specifically, there is little evidence on how firm-specific factors related to the organization of work affect the diversity of hiring decisions. This paper contributes to this line of research by studying the existence of interlocking complementarities between job design and labour contract at the firm level. Using a formal model, we show that firms face two organizational equilibria: one in which job designs with high routine task intensity are matched with a large use of non-standard contracts; and the other in which low routine task intensity combines with a small use of non-standard contracts. These complementarities exist because while non-standard contracts allow firm to adjust to external shocks, they also provide little incentive to invest in firm-specific knowledge. Since the cost associated with the lack of such knowledge is lower (higher) in firms with high (low) routine task intensity, they are also more (less) likely to use this type of contracts. We test the predictions of our model using linked-employer-employee data from the Emilia-Romagna region. We build an index of firm's routine task intensity by matching information from INAPP data at the occupation level. The empirical evidence is consistent with our theory: the use of non-standard contracts is positively associated with routine task intensity at the firm level. This result holds controlling for a wide range of firm-specific and contextual covariates and it is robust to alternative estimation methods (OLS, panel and IV). The related managerial and policy implications are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Using Artificial Intelligence to classify Jobseekers: The Accuracy-Equity Trade-off (2021)
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Desiere, Sam & Ludo Struyven (2021): Using Artificial Intelligence to classify Jobseekers: The Accuracy-Equity Trade-off. In: Journal of Social Policy, Jg. 50, H. 2, S. 367-385. DOI:10.1017/S0047279420000203
Abstract
"Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly popular in the public sector to improve the cost-efficiency of service delivery. One example is AI-based profiling models in public employment services (PES), which predict a jobseeker's probability of finding work and are used to segment jobseekers in groups. Profiling models hold the potential to improve identification of jobseekers at-risk of becoming long-term unemployed, but also induce discrimination. Using a recently developed AI-based profiling model of the Flemish PES, we assess to what extent AI-based profiling 'discriminates' against jobseekers of foreign origin compared to traditional rule-based profiling approaches. At a maximum level of accuracy, jobseekers of foreign origin who ultimately find a job are 2.6 times more likely to be misclassified as 'high-risk' jobseekers. We argue that it is critical that policymakers and caseworkers understand the inherent trade-offs of profiling models, and consider the limitations when integrating these models in daily operations. We develop a graphical tool to visualize the accuracy-equity trade-off in order to facilitate policy discussions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Personalauswahl als kommunikative Verkettung von Bewertungsmomenten (2021)
Dorn, Christopher; Wilz, Sylvia M.;Zitatform
Dorn, Christopher & Sylvia M. Wilz (2021): Personalauswahl als kommunikative Verkettung von Bewertungsmomenten. In: F. Meier & T. Peetz (Hrsg.) (2021): Organisation und Bewertung, S. 193-216. DOI:10.1007/978-3-658-31549-8_8
Abstract
"Dieser Beitrag zeigt, dass die Auswahl von Personal einen Prozess darstellt, in dem verschiedene Bewertungs- und Entscheidungsgelegenheiten miteinander verbunden sind. Anhand einer Fallstudie zur Rekrutierung von Führungskräften wird deutlich, dass die Personalauswahl nicht auf vereinzelten und in sich abgeschlossenen Bewertungs- und Entscheidungsvorgängen beruht, sondern auf dem Anschluss unterschiedlicher Situationen, die verschiedene Akteure, Kriterien und Verfahren involvieren. Die passende Person wird dabei unter Rückgriff auf sowohl situative als auch organisatorisch dauerhaft etablierte Beziehungen, Regeln und interpretative Muster kommunikativ konstruiert. Der Beitrag zeigt damit auch, dass die Bewertungsforschung von der Organisationsforschung profitieren kann, wenn sie den prozesshaften Ursprung und die organisationale Einbindung von Bewertungen berücksichtigt, während die Organisationsforschung ihre Erkenntnisse über Entscheidungsprozesse vertiefen kann, wenn sie die damit verbundenen Bewertungsprozesse in die Analyse einbezieht." (Autorenreferat, © Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden)
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Contagious Unemployment (2021)
Engbom, Niklas;Zitatform
Engbom, Niklas (2021): Contagious Unemployment. (NBER working paper 28829), Cambridge, MA, 46, 24 S.
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"Recent micro evidence of how workers search for jobs is shown to have critical implications for the macroeconomic propagation of labor market shocks. Unemployed workers send over 10 times as many job applications in a month as their employed peers, but are less than half as likely per application to make a move. I interpret these patterns as the unemployed applying for more jobs that they are less likely to be a good fit for. During periods of high unemployment, it consequently becomes harder for firms to assert who is a good fit for the job. By raising the cost of recruiting, a short-lived adverse shock has a persistent negative impact on the job finding rate. I provide evidence that firms spend more time on recruiting when unemployment is high, quantitatively consistent with the theory." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Recruiting Intensity, Hires, and Vacancies: Evidence from Firm-Level Data (2021)
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Forsythe, Eliza & Russell Weinstein (2021): Recruiting Intensity, Hires, and Vacancies: Evidence from Firm-Level Data. (IZA discussion paper 14138), Bonn, 42 S.
Abstract
"We investigate employer recruiting behavior, using detailed firm-level data from a national survey of employers hiring recent college graduates. We show employers adjust recruiting effort, hiring standards, and compensation with the business cycle, beliefs about tightness, and their own hiring plans. We then show that firms expending greater recruiting effort hire more individuals per vacancy. The results suggest that when firms want to increase hires they adjust vacancies and recruiting intensity per vacancy, which may help explain the breakdown in the standard matching function during the Great Recession. Our measure of recruiting effort explains roughly 16% of the residual elasticity of the vacancy yield with respect to hires." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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"Are you in the right job?" Human Capital Mismatch in the UK (2021)
Galanakis, Yannis;Zitatform
Galanakis, Yannis (2021): "Are you in the right job?" Human Capital Mismatch in the UK. (GLO discussion paper / Global Labor Organization 976), Essen, 58 S.
Abstract
"This paper examines a problem of worker misallocation into jobs. A theoretical model, allowing for heterogeneous workers and firms, shows that job search frictions generate mismatch between employees and employers. In the empirical analysis, the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), the UK household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) and British Cohort Study 1970 (BCS70) data are used to measure the incidence of mismatch, how it changes over time and whether it can be explained by unobserved ability. Results show that (i) the incidence of mismatch increases after the Great Recession. (ii) Individual transitions to/from matching take place due to workers' occupational mobility and over-time skills development. (iii) Employees can find better jobs or their mobility occurs earlier than the aggregate change of skills. (iv) Controlling for individual heterogeneity, measured by cognitive and non-cognitive skill test scores throughout childhood, does not decrease the incidence of mismatch. This suggests that unobserved productivity does not generate mismatch in the labour market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires? (2021)
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Gürtzgen, Nicole, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan & Gerard J. van den Berg (2021): Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires? (IZA discussion paper 14031), Bonn, 68 S.
Abstract
"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." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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auch erschienen als: ZEW discussion paper, 21-002 -
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Stellenbesetzungen in der Corona-Krise: Mehr Arbeitslose pro offene Stelle, weniger Besetzungsschwierigkeiten (2021)
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Kubis, Alexander;Zitatform
Gürtzgen, Nicole & Alexander Kubis (2021): Stellenbesetzungen in der Corona-Krise: Mehr Arbeitslose pro offene Stelle, weniger Besetzungsschwierigkeiten. (IAB-Kurzbericht 15/2021), Nürnberg, 8 S.
Abstract
"Während der Corona-Krise ist das Verhältnis von Arbeitslosen zu offenen Stellen erstmals seit der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise wieder gestiegen. Dies ist sowohl auf eine Zunahme der Arbeitslosigkeit als auch auf einen Rückgang bei den offenen Stellen zurückzuführen. Aus Arbeitgebersicht nimmt damit die Arbeitsmarktanspannung ab. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird mit Daten der IAB-Stellenerhebung untersucht, wie sich betriebliche Neueinstellungen und Einstellungsprozesse im Zuge der Covid-19-Pandemie verändert haben. Die geringere Arbeitsmarktanspannung zeigt sich bei Helfertätigkeiten stärker als bei Tätigkeiten, die einen beruflichen oder akademischen Abschluss erfordern. Zudem berichten die Betriebe verglichen mit den Vorjahren von weniger Stellenbesetzungsschwierigkeiten, einer kürzeren ungeplanten Vakanzzeit und weniger häufigen Kompromissen hinsichtlich der Entlohnung." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
Weiterführende Informationen
- Lohnkompromisse bei sozialversicherungspflichtigen Neueinstellungen
- Zu- und Abgänge sowie Bestand der bei der BA gemeldeten offenen Stellen
- Ungeplante Vakanzzeit bei sozialversicherungspflichtigen Neueinstellungen
- Arbeitslosen-Stellen-Relation
- Neueinstellungen und Kurzarbeit nach Wirtschaftszweigen
- Zahl der offenen Stellen und Arbeitslosen
- Besetzungsschwierigkeiten bei sozialversicherungspflichtigen Neueinstellungen
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Literaturhinweis
Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires? (2021)
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Gürtzgen, Nicole, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan & Gerard J. van den Berg (2021): Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires? (IAB-Discussion Paper 02/2021), Nürnberg, 66 S.
Abstract
"Die Studie untersucht den Effekt der Expansion des Breitbandinternets auf die Matchqualität neu eingestellter Personen. Hierzu werden Daten zur regionalen Internetverfügbarkeit mit administrativen Individualdaten und Vakanzdaten für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt kombiniert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass eine Ausweitung der Breitbandinternet-Verfügbarkeit keinen größeren Einfluss auf die Stabilität und Entlohnung neu begonnener Beschäftigungsverhältnisse hat. Diese Resultate werden auf Basis von Analysen mit Vakanzdaten bestätigt. Diese Daten erlauben einen expliziten Vergleich der Matchqualität von Personen, die online rekrutiert wurden, mit der Matchqualität von Personen, die über andere Rekrutierungskanäle eingestellt wurden. Weiterhin zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass Online-Rekrutierung nicht nur die Anzahl der Bewerbungen und den Anteil ungeeigneter Bewerbungen erhöht, sondern ebenfalls zu einer höheren Anzahl von Vakanzen führt." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires? (2021)
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Gürtzgen, Nicole, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan & Gerard J. van den Berg (2021): Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires? In: Labour Economics, Jg. 70, S. 101981., 2021-03-16. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2021.101981
Abstract
"Die Studie untersucht den Effekt der Expansion des Breitbandinternets auf die Matchqualität neu eingestellter Personen. Hierzu werden Daten zur regionalen Internetverfügbarkeit mit administrativen Individualdaten und Vakanzdaten für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt kombiniert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass eine Ausweitung der Breitbandinternet-Verfügbarkeit keinen größeren Einfluss auf die Stabilität und Entlohnung neu begonnener Beschäftigungsverhältnisse hat. Diese Resultate werden auf Basis von Analysen mit Vakanzdaten bestätigt. Diese Daten erlauben einen expliziten Vergleich der Matchqualität von Personen, die online rekrutiert wurden, mit der Matchqualität von Personen, die über andere Rekrutierungskanäle eingestellt wurden. Weiterhin zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass Online-Rekrutierung nicht nur die Anzahl der Bewerbungen und den Anteil ungeeigneter Bewerbungen erhöht, sondern ebenfalls zu einer höheren Anzahl von Vakanzen führt." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires? (2021)
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Gürtzgen, Nicole, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan & Gerard J. van den Berg (2021): Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires? (ZEW discussion paper 21-002), Mannheim, 68 S.
Abstract
"This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. They 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. The authors 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." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Matching for three: big data evidence on search activity of workers, firms, and employment service (2021)
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Hartl, Tobias, Christian Hutter & Enzo Weber (2021): Matching for three: big data evidence on search activity of workers, firms, and employment service. (IAB-Discussion Paper 01/2021), Nürnberg, 14 S.
Abstract
"Wir generieren Maße für die Suchintensität von Arbeitgebern und Arbeitssuchenden und zum ersten Mal - für die Vermittlungsintensität von Arbeitsagenturen. Zu diesem Zweck greifen wir auf Big Data zu Online-Aktivitäten aus der Online Jobbörse der Bundesagentur für Arbeit und ihrer internen Vermittlungssoftware zurück. Wir verwenden diese Daten, um eine erweiterte Matchingfunktion zu schätzen, bei der der Effizienzparameter mit den Such- und Vermittlungsintensitäten variiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass alle drei Intensitätsmaße erheblich zur Erklärung der Job-findings-Variation beitragen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Digitaler Wandel in der Personalgewinnung: Perspektiven und Herausforderungen für eine diversitätsorientierte Personalpolitik (2021)
Hirzer, Petra;Zitatform
Hirzer, Petra (2021): Digitaler Wandel in der Personalgewinnung. Perspektiven und Herausforderungen für eine diversitätsorientierte Personalpolitik. In: SWS-Rundschau, Jg. 61, H. 4, S. 412-430.
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"Ein Blick auf die von modernen Technologien und algorithmischen Systemen durchdrungene Arbeitswelt zeigt, dass in den letzten Jahren neue Schnittstellen zwischen menschlichen und maschinellen Aufgaben und Entscheidungen entstanden sind. Dieser Artikel diskutiert die Auswirkungen dieser Veränderungen im Bereich der digitalen Personalgewinnung vor dem Hintergrund einer diversitätsorientierten und diskriminierungsfreien Personalpolitik. Die Grundlage bildet eine qualitativ-explorative Untersuchung zur digitalen Transformation in der gegenwärtigen Recruiting-Praxis in Österreich. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick zu Perspektiven und potenziellen Herausforderungen im Zusammenhang mit digitalen Praktiken aus Sicht von Expert*innen aus dem Bereich der Personalgewinnung." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Cyclicality of labour market search: a new big data Approach (2021)
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Hutter, Christian (2021): Cyclicality of labour market search: a new big data Approach. In: Journal for labour market research, Jg. 55, 2020-12-11. DOI:10.1186/s12651-020-00283-9
Abstract
"This paper exploits big data on online activity from the job exchange of the German Federal Employment Agency and its internal placement-software to generate measures for search activity of employers and job seekers and - as a novel feature - for placement activity of employment agencies. In addition, the average search perimeter in the job seekers’ search profiles can be measured. The data are used to estimate the behaviour of the search and placement activities during the business and labour market cycle and their seasonal patterns. The results show that the search activities of firms and employment agencies are procyclical. By contrast, job seekers’ search intensity shows a countercyclical pattern, at least before the COVID-19 crisis." (Author's abstract, © 2021 Springer) ((en))
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The Effects of Reforming a Federal Employment Agency on Labor Demand (2021)
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Kraft, Kornelius & Alexander Lammers (2021): The Effects of Reforming a Federal Employment Agency on Labor Demand. (IZA discussion paper 14629), Bonn, 48 S.
Abstract
"In this paper we report the results of an empirical study on the employment growth effects of a policy intervention, explicitly aimed at increasing placement efficiency of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany. We use the Hartz III reform in the year 2004 as an exogenous intervention that improves the matching process and compare establishments that use the services of the Federal Employment Agency with establishments that do not use the placement services. Using detailed German establishment level data, our difference-in-differences estimates reveal an increase in employment growth among those firms that use the agency for their recruitment activities compared to non-user firms. After the Hartz III reform was in place, establishments using the agency grew roughly two percentage points faster in terms of employment relative to non-users and those establishments achieve an increase in the proportion of hires. We provide several robustness tests using, for example, inverse-probability weighting to additionally account for differences in observable characteristics. Our paper highlights the importance of the placement service on the labor demand side, in particular on the so far overlooked establishment level." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The Geography of Job Creation and Job Destruction (2021)
Kuhn, Moritz; Qiu, Xincheng; Manovskii, Iourii;Zitatform
Kuhn, Moritz, Iourii Manovskii & Xincheng Qiu (2021): The Geography of Job Creation and Job Destruction. (ECONtribute discussion paper 122), Köln ; Bonn, 45, A-20 S.
Abstract
"Spatial differences in labor market performance are large and highly persistent. Using data from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, we document striking similarities in spatial differences in unemployment, vacancies, job finding, and job filling within each country. This robust set of facts guides and disciplines the development of a theory of local labor market performance. We find that a spatial version of a Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides model with endogenous separations and on-the-job search quantitatively accounts for all the documented empirical regularities. The model also quantitatively rationalizes why differences in job-separation rates have primary importance in inducing differences in unemployment across space while changes in the job-finding rate are the main driver in unemployment fluctuations over the business cycle." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))